RE: Allocation of IP Addresses

How much attention is paid to how blocks are being used...???

Why doesn't the Internic require that Class A delegates, use those
addresses rather than addresses from other parts of the spectrum...???

For example, why are name servers allowed in 192 and 204...as shown below...???
It would be easy for the Internic to have a policy that does not allow the following...

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$ whois 12.0.0.0
AT&T Bell Laboratories (NET-ATT)
   6200 East Broad Street
   Columbus, OH 43213

   Netname: ATT
   Netnumber: 12.0.0.0

   Coordinator:
      Martin, Lisa (LM283) Lisa.Nowak.Martin@ATT.COM
      614-860-3409

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

   GW1.ATT.COM 192.20.239.133
   GW4.ATT.COM 204.179.186.34
   NS.RESEARCH.ATT.COM 192.20.225.4

   Record last updated on 30-Jan-96.

The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.

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Should companies be given recognition for "Internet Ecology" efforts...???

Hewlett-Packard Company (NET-HP-INTERNET)
   3000 Hanover Street
   Palo Alto, CA 94304

   Netname: HP-INTERNET
   Netnumber: 15.0.0.0

   Coordinator:
      Milligan, Michael (MM53) milli@HP.COM
      +1 408 746 5399

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

   HP.COM 15.255.152.4
   HPCUOC.CUP.HP.COM 15.255.208.5
   HPFCLA.FC.HP.COM 15.254.48.2
   HPLB.HPL.HP.COM 15.255.59.2
   RELAY.HP.COM 15.255.152.2

   Record last updated on 16-Aug-95.

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Jim Fleming
Naperville, IL