How is that possible? AFAIK no local politician has passed an IP
address portability law yet. If my circuit from VZB were disconnected,
wouldn't they release the address block for reuse by other customers
just like any other ISP?
I'm kinda guessing that you're suggesting that VZB's business practices
are lax and that I may slip through the cracks? But there is no
guarantee of any kind, is there? If they were to release/reuse my
address block like they would have every right to, what recourse could I
possibly have as a voluntarily disconnected customer?
And even if the block remained unused / not reassigned after I left VZB,
how could I possibly get it routed to me while connected through another
ISP?
I just don't get it - I don't see how this could be done without some
local politician passing an IP address portability law like has been
discussed recently.
MS
From: Michael Sokolov [mailto:msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG]
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:35 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: SDSL vs T1 (was Locations with no good Internet)
> You missed an option. Just change to another ISP. I know of at
least
> one AS701 address block still attached to a company that hasn't been
> their customer for ten years or so.
How is that possible? AFAIK no local politician has passed an IP
address portability law yet. If my circuit from VZB were
disconnected,
wouldn't they release the address block for reuse by other customers
just like any other ISP?
The government doesn't own IP addresses so there is no need to pass any
such laws.
I suppose it is completely legal to sever a transit agreement for
traffic with a provider but maintain a business relationship where you
pay them a fee for the use of the IP address space.
There have been several instances in my career where I have used
prefixes issued by a carrier that I never announced to them. I was
using their IP space but the traffic to those addresses never went
through their network. In some cases I have maintained a relationship
with them such as having a thin pipe where I might pay some small
monthly fee in order to retain the IP address space but simply paying
someone to allow you to keep IP addresses isn't beyond the realm of
possibility.