Re: Service providers that NAT their whole network?

["Andrew - Supernews" <andrew () supernews net>]

> > > > > "Philip" == Philip Matthews <matthews () nimcatnetworks com> writes:

 Philip> A number of IETF documents(*) state that there are some
 Philip> service providers that place a NAT box in front of their
 Philip> entire network, so all their customers get private addresses
 Philip> rather than public address.  It is often stated that these
 Philip> are primarily cable-based providers.

 Philip> I am trying to get a handle on how common this practice is.
 Philip> No one that I have asked seems to know any provider that does
 Philip> this,

fastweb.it in Italy, and the Direcway satellite system in the US are
the most obvious examples that I know of. I'm sure there are more.

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