Re: ARIN IP/AS Assignment

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Imran Moin <imranmoin () gmail com> wrote:
> I was wondering how long it is taking ARIN these days to assign new IP block
> and AS Number. We are a new startup and looking to build our network over
> the next few months.

Imran,

The last few times I ran through the process, the hardest part was
getting ARIN to accept the ORG registration.One time we'd let the
state business registration expire by mistake. And the state
registration name didn't exactly match the business name. ARIN's much
more rigid about that sort of thing than any other supplier you'll
ever deal with.

Separately, I had all kinds of fun registering myself as an
organization so I could get an AS number to route my legacy /23. ARIN
asked for proof of the organization's legal existence so I faxed them
a copy of my driver's license.

On the plus side, you don't have to have your network plans done to
start the org registration. So start it early.

Getting addresses after that was relatively straightforward. I did
find it useful to have a friendly eye from one of my upstreams look
over the request document and make suggestions. Say things the right
way the first time so you don't raise any red flags and you tend to
get what you ask for.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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