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From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: To Subnet or not to subnet?
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Date: 9 Jan 91 20:51:43 GMT
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henry@zoo.toronto.edu writes:
   Not having tried it myself, I can't testify in detail, but my understanding
   is that getting a class B can be a fair bit more difficult than getting a
   handful of class Cs.

From the NIC's NETINFO:INTERNET-NUMBER-TEMPLATE.TXT:

| 7) Unless a strong and convincing reason is presented, the network (if
| it qualifies at all) will be assigned a class C network number.  If a
| class C network number is not acceptable for your purposes state why.
| (Note: If there are plans for more than a few local networks, and more
| than 100 hosts, you are strongly urged to consider subnetting. [See RFC
| 950])

--karl