Hi, On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:23:16AM +0200, Berislav Todorovic wrote:
From the RIPE policy perspective, ADSL is sitting in the vacuum between dial-in (needing dynamically assigned addresses) and leased line access (where static addresses are justifiable). ADSL is, in fact, an "always on" kind of service and thus usage of statically assigned IP addresses is justified (see ripe-234 - section 5.2.2).
Just to clarify this. Dial-In does NOT NEED TO USE dynamic IP addresses. Neither does cable modem. The "issue" about dial-in customers is just that ISPs are usually unwilling to enter all their individual IP assignments into the RIPE database, and so it's much easier to go down the dynamic dial-in route.
From the RIPE policy standpoint, there is NO difference between dial-in, ADSL, cable, leased lines, and whatever technologies people use to hook up to the net.
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