Hi Peter!
Can I suggest using either the number of name registration processed ( or the number of routes registered in the RIPE registry ) in the 3 months up to 30th Nov 1995.
I don't see the direct relevance or usefulness of either of these metrics, because there is no (or not necessarily a) relationship between the structure of the name-space and the Local-IR activity or even the routing announcements. Of course there is some relation in the case of some commercial ISPs which register their customers within their own domain. More or less the same is true, I think, for the routing announcements, although I'd agree that this usually shows a higher degree of congruence. And it would add incentives for CIDRization, wouldn't it!? Completely off track? Cheers, Wilfried. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfried Woeber : e-mail: Woeber@CC.UniVie.ac.at Computer Center - ACOnet : Vienna University : Tel: +43 1 4065822 355 Universitaetsstrasse 7 : Fax: +43 1 4065822 170 A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe : NIC: WW144 --------------------------------------------------------------------------