Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!think!eplunix!das From: das@eplunix.UUCP (David Steffens) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Running out of Internet addresses? Message-ID: <676@eplunix.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 88 21:19:30 GMT References: <8811291051.AA06074@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA Lines: 15 In article <8811291051.AA06074@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, KASTEN@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Frank Kastenholz) says: > A quick perusal of my copy of Internet Numbers indicates that there are a > fair number of assigned addresses that are not connected to the Internet - > perhaps these addresses could be reclaimed... Ummm, the problem with this solution is that many vendors are encouraging _all_ customers to apply for a net number even tho they aren't yet connected to the Internet. The idea is that it will simplify things in the event that the organization _does_ wish to connect. Maybe I'm going to be _very_ glad that I haven't gotten around to ordering ours yet :-) -- {harvard,mit-eddie,think}!eplunix!das David Allan Steffens 243 Charles St., Boston, MA 02114 Eaton-Peabody Laboratory (617) 573-3748 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary