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Court Says Customers May Take IPs Away From ISP

Posted by simoniker on from the snatch-and-grab dept.

Jeremy Kister writes "According to a post on the North American Network Operators Group mailing-list, The State of New Jersey has issued a temporary restraining order, allowing a former customer of Net Access Corporation (NAC) to take non-portable IP Address space (issued from ARIN), away from NAC." The post argues: "This is a matter is of great importance to the entire Internet community. This type of precedent is very dangerous. If this ruling is upheld it has the potential to disrupt routing throughout the Internet, and change practices of business for any Internet Service Provider."

4 of 802 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Question by mrwonton · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Yeah, its all according to a plan:

    1. Allow IP Address Portability, breaking the internet as we now know it
    2. ???
    3. PROFIT!

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  2. Re:Portable numbers by Larry+Lightbulb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    An April fools programme on NPR: http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=18056 51

  3. Re:they should get a clue by byolinux · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It's not like someone you knew ten years ago is going to try to contact you on that IP..

    You insensitive clod! Most of my friends don't have DNS, they can only use IP addresses. If my IP changes, they'll be unable to get their email!

    Next you'll be telling me that bang path email addresses aren't cool, either!

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  4. Lon & Lat by Libertarian_Geek · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I want to take my coordinates with me when I move! Everyone else will just have to deal with it, from topozone to GPS manufacturers!.

    (Please take the above as a healthy dose of sarcasm)

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