On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Dave Fitch wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 06:58:06PM +1000, Rob B wrote:
> > A lot of ISP's will lease the IP space to you rather than selling it. What
> > you can do is read your contract with the ISP and see if it mentions
> > allocations of IP space. You can also check on the APNIC web site
> > (http://www.apnic.net) to see who really owns the IP space.
>
> as far as I'm aware no one actually owns IP addresses, even ISPs,
> you just get assigned them as you need them and give them back
> when no longer required anymore. That's the theory anyway
> (AFAIK, YMMV and other assorted acronyms) so maybe your ISP
> has been asked to give those addresses back to the registry?
daves right... IP space isn't owned, it is leased by the various NICs
(ARIN, RIPE and APNIC) to people who can demostrate need for the space...
your ISP would sublease that space to you (they can't sell what they don't
own)... read your contract to see on what grounds they can terminate the
lease....
later
marty
"I can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want
because I'm me." - Corduroy, Pearl Jam
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