Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a nationwide network

[Matthew Kaufman <matthew () matthew at>]

On 9/16/2011 12:58 PM, Leigh Porter wrote:
> I wonder what would happen if a new ARIN member requested an IPv4 block of say a /16 for a new business? Or even a smaller block. 
> I don't know what the current ARIN rules are but RIPE will currently give out six months worth of space. Now, in six months, 
> I don't expect there to be any left anyway, so what will likely be all the v4 you ever get.
>
> Very soon it'll be nigh on impossible for new entrants to the ISP business to get their own v4 space.

Isn't that the point?

Matthew Kaufman