[db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

> Why can't small ISPs use the IRR provided by the RIR?

this may come as a shock, but not all isps are close to their regional
rir.

> You only end up in a third party IRR database (such as RADB) if you
> have a prefix from AfriNIC and an ASN from RIPE.

and hundreds of dollars per year

> But if you could afford to buy/lease the prefix from the AfriNIC
> member, I think you can afford to pay the RADB fee as well...

some time look up "legacy prefixes".  and address space is loaned and
exchanged in many ways.  get over it.

[part of] our job is to make it easy for the small isps, not hard.