On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Bob Arnesen wrote:
to my surprise I have recently found out that Telia has assigned us a fixed IP address.
From the RIPE policy perspective, ADSL is sitting in the vacuum between dial-in (needing dynamically assigned addresses) and leased
Yes ... as that's the case with most of the ADSL providers elsewhere. 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). Most customers, however, seem to like this. Of course, for people who dislike it there might always be a solution but it's up to your ISP to implement it. There is no policy that would force the ISP to do it though. Current RIPE policies primarily deal with conservation of public IP addresses, since they are a limited resource. Privacy issue is an interesting aspect and probably deserves some attention, but noone addressed it so far. RIPE policies are created and modified by a wide community of Internet users. Anyone interested to voluntarily participate in the policy making process is welcome to join and contribute - either by attending the meetings or participating on the mailing lists. The process itself is based on general consensus. Be, however, aware that neither RIPE, nor RIPE NCC will deal with any complaints about how ISPs are doing their business and treating their customers. Your national telecom regulator is the proper authority for such things. For Sweden - try PTS (www.pts.se). Hope this helps. Regards, Beri --------- Berislav Todorovic, Senior IP Specialist -------- ----- KPN Eurorings B.V. - IP Engineering/NOC/Support ----- ---- Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 78, 2595 AN Den Haag, NL ---- ----- Email: beri@eurorings.net <=> beri@EU.net ----