Per ARIN’s Number Resource Policy Manual, section 8.3, “Transfers to Specified Recipients”, ARIN’s STLS allows validated organizations to indicate potential availability of IPv4 number resources that could be released for use by an organization with validated need. The STLS also allows organizations that have ARIN validated needs, not [...]]]> ARIN is pleased to announce the implementation of its Specified Transfer
Listing Service (STLS).

Full details on this service are available at:
https://www.arin.net/resources/transfer_listing/index.html

What does this mean?
Basically if you are an organization with available IP space you can list it on the “Available” list for transfer to an organization on the “Needed” list.  There is a fee for this service.  I don’t see this catching on very quickly.

Things to do beforehand: 1.Make sure documentation is up to date.  At the very least you should have some sort of change management software which is easy to use.  When you make a change, fix a problem, or whatever take the extra minute to update [...]]]> Some things that are often overlooked when it comes to troubleshooting a network.

Things to do beforehand:
1.Make sure documentation is up to date.  At the very least you should have some sort of change management software which is easy to use.  When you make a change, fix a problem, or whatever take the extra minute to update the database or whatever you choose to use.  Then set aside some time each week to update an Visio documents or other official documentation.  Don’t let this time be more than a week.  You start forgetting things and too much can change.

2.Label everything.  This is part of the documentation.  If you have to buy a few labelers so you are not hunting for one go ahead and do it.  The time saved is worth it.  Keep one in the data center chained to a rack if you have to.  Labeling can include both paper labeling and software description labeling.

Once you actually start troubleshooting keep these things in mind:

1.First define the problem.  Take time to find out what the complaints/issues are. Don’t just start treating a problem without investigation.  You doctor does not just start giving you pills.

2.Prioritize. If you have multiple issues prioritize which ones are most important.  This might mean fixing network segments with the most users on it, or segments making the most revenue.

Once you have fixed the issue document,document, document.

It’s not an overstatement to say that Sprint pulled off a significant coup earlier this year when it introduced America’s first 4G smartphone to rave reviews. The HTC Evo 4G not only attracted new customers to a carrier that had long been losing them, but it also gave [...]]]> Where’s my 4G? | Dialed In – CNET Blogs.

It’s not an overstatement to say that Sprint pulled off a significant coup earlier this year when it introduced America’s first 4G smartphone to rave reviews. The HTC Evo 4G not only attracted new customers to a carrier that had long been losing them, but it also gave a much needed boost to a struggling brand.

Though the Evo 4G, and the newer Samsung Epic 4G, are sold across the country, Sprint’s 4G WiMax network still does not cover some of the nation’s largest cities. And for 4G handset owners paying an extra $10 per month for service they don’t get, the coverage gaps can seem endless, inexplicable, and frustrating.

A listing of the awards today can be found here… (PDF)

In reality, no one gets these speeds. That’s not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a new Federal Communications [...]]]> Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in “up to” terms. You know—”up to” 10Mbps, where “up to” sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number.

In reality, no one gets these speeds. That’s not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a new Federal Communications Commission report (PDF) shines a probing flashlight on the issue and makes a sharp conclusion: broadband users get, on average, a mere 50 percent of that “up to” speed they had hoped to achieve.

Your fears confirmed: “up to” broadband speeds are bogus.