 RockyBBPremium
join:2005-01-31
Steamboat Springs, CO | reply to synergizer
Re: IP Address - purchase from an upstream? I don't know too much about IP addressing, but have you contacted ARIN to see if they even allow transfer of IP addresses from one of their carrier customers to another? If ARIN won't support it, or if it's not permitted, then you're done. Then ask whoever would be the new holder of the IP addresses if they have a procedure for accepting them -- if they have no process or procedure for accepting transferred IP addresses, then you're done, too. My understanding is that the industry practice is to not permit IP address transfer -- I don't know if it's just an anti-competitive thing, or if there is an industry constraint. Do an internet search on "IP address portability" and you won't find anything encouraging.
In the voice world, transfer of toll-free numbers and local number portability all were not possible until the industry created a middle-man type clearinghouse that facilitated inter-carrier number transfers and updated network switches nationwide. Until such an IP address portability clearinghouse is developed, with the additional complexity of instantly updating network routers worldwide, you might be stuck. |
