> > I've been awaiting allocation of an IP from an IX that is allocated by
> > ep.net.
> why not get an allocation for IX from ARIN/RIPE?Because then he wouldn't be able to use it to communicate with anyone else
at the exchange, since they'd all be in the ep.net subnet, and he'd be in
a different subnet.-Bill
well, not entirely true, he could get everyone to migrate to his
non-neutral space... 
--bill