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From: kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England)
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Subject: Re: Mourning of the passing of the ARPANET
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Date: 27 Jun 90 21:09:23 GMT
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In article <9006271746.AA07726@vax.ftp.com>, 
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen) writes:
> If we could hope to expunge all the Class A nets, we might be able to
> redefine 127 class A nets as 32,000 new Class B nets in a future
> HRRFC.  

	32,000+ networks is a lot for a poor national backbone
router to keep track of.  I suggest that that issue be addressed at the
same time as you redefine all those Class As.

	--Kent