Re: [WG-BB] 24/0.0.0.0 for cable

[Anne Lord <anne@apnic.net>]

Hi Ong Beng Hui,

The network 24.0.0.0/8 was historically designated for use as a cable 
block. ARIN administered the block on behalf of IANA.

In the Asia Pacific region, only a few requests and allocations were made. 
The majority of allocations were made to requestors within the ARIN region 
(see http://www.arin.net for more details about ARIN). It actually turned 
out that with experience, it was not necessary to set aside a separate 
block for cable operators - there was no technical justification or link 
with the  type of access technology to a specific range of IP address 
values. In the Asia Pacific region, requests for IP addresses to be used to 
deploy a cable service were made to APNIC and processed as per normal.

Also, the majority of the requests were made by operators within the ARIN 
region, thus IANA delegated the whole block to ARIN for management. 
Requests for IP addresses to support deployment  a cable service within the 
Asia Pacific region can be made directly to APNIC or to the appropriate NIR 
(they operate in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Indonesia).

I hope this clarifies the status of 24/8. Please do not hesitate to ask if 
you have further queries.

kind regards,

Anne Lord
Manager Policy and Liaison
APNIC


At 10:58 AM 3/7/2002 +0800, Ong Beng Hui wrote:
>Hi,
>
>According to the document INTERNET PROTOCOL V4 ADDRESS SPACE
>
>http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space,
>
>24/8 are block for ARIN, Cable Block. Now, as broadband
>are taking off really well in Asia, especially Korea & Japan,
>will it be possible for the block to be shared by broadband
>operator in Asia ?
>
>I am unable to find any document that describe the uses
>and allocation policy of this block. Please advise, if
>there is any place to get them ?
>
>Please comment.
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