Proposal to raise the maximum allocation to a single LIR

On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:54:49 +0100 
 Jan Czmok <czmok at ipf.net> wrote:

> Hi Richard!
> 
> We run into the same scenario:
> 
>   We own
>         AS5409 - primary AS IPF.NET
> 	AS8543 - IPF.NET Spain
>         AS8578 - IPF.NET UK

You only need a different AS if your managment of that
part of the network is under different control policies. You can announce
what ever you like to anyone without having to get different AS numbers.

> 
>   Currently we use AS5409 for our borders. But the question arises, who wil=
> l be responsible if
>   we got customers in other countries (e.g. USA). Shall we assign then RIPE=
>  allocated address space
>   (as we currently do for Spain and UK) or request ARIN Space with a differ=
> ent AS for USA ?
>  =20
>   Also, as we run under de.ipf, which is not sufficient, as our company gro=
> ws, shall we switch to eu.ipf
>   or use for each country a different lir ?
> 
>   The Ripe Documents didn't cover this scenario AFAIK...
> 

I think a different block for each country makes sense, you don't
_have_ to put this into a different AS. 

[fx: the next big shortage, as numbers!]

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