As an ISP did you always get the IP chunk you wanted? (was Re: The gaps that NAT is filling)

"JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:45:26 +0100

The IETF is supposed to gather everyone concerned and there is here a 
controversy on this real life and key/vital point. So the best is to ask in 
here. If no one says yes, it will mean either there is no felt shortage 
yes, or that those suffering from shortage do not share in the IETF (why 
would then be another question). If some says yes, this kind of universal 
affirmation will be closed.

At 11:07 28/11/2004, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> Arguably, if the ISPs handed out a (static) IP to every customer,
> soon they'd be out of IPs, and thus unable to grow their businesses
> from that perspective.

That is such a odd argument. When an ISP runs out of IP space, they go
to their RIR and say "Hey! You! I am running out of IP space gimme a new
chunk!"

There is *no* address shortage in IPv4 (nor IPv6), see the various very
nice presentations by Geoff Huston which he gave at the RIR meetings and
other places.

Has anyone present on this list ever experienced a problem in getting a new 
chunk of IP addresses from a RIR or from an ISP?

What is the average delay you experiment?

Thank you.
jfc

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