more specific routes in today reality

On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:54PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
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>If you want to be multihomed, the costs for routers & co. are far higher
>than for being LIR.  If you can't afford being LIR, be single-homed.

Surely there is more to being a LIR than simply as a way of buying a /20
for multihoming!

RIPE is effectively a member-run organisation; being an LIR means taking
part responsibility and getting involved via the working groups.

The argument "buying the RIPE membership is cheaper than the router you
need to run full BGP" basically sends a message that anyone with enough
money can buy their own /20 and AS number without having to justify how
they will use the address space, and without any obligation to the
Internet community at large.

Aled