Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

Why can't small ISPs use the IRR provided by the RIR?

this may come as a shock, but not all isps are close to their regional rir.

You only end up in a third party IRR database (such as RADB) if you have a prefix from AfriNIC and an ASN from RIPE.

and hundreds of dollars per year

But if you could afford to buy/lease the prefix from the AfriNIC member, I think you can afford to pay the RADB fee as well...

some time look up "legacy prefixes". and address space is loaned and exchanged in many ways. get over it. [part of] our job is to make it easy for the small isps, not hard.