If we give 44/8 back, then those of us routing 44 traffic over RF to other 44 stations get screwed, now don't we. :/ 44/8 is for amateur radio only. There are plenty of us using it. I have ports to both other 44 stations, as well as BPQ stations that can't use it. Beside, no one is mandating any station use it in their configurations. The beauty of *you* not wanting to use it is..... You don't have to. The beauty of *me* wanting to use it is.... I get to. Bill KG6BAJ At 01:04 PM 03/31/14, you wrote: >(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) >_______________________________________________ > > If this is, " a hack to backbone a semi-private network on top of the > > public internet" then why do we need 44/8? Please explain why 10/8 would > > not work just as well? > > > >[....] if it's not going to be routable then why do we need 44/8? use > > RFC1918 space and give 44/8 back. [...] We could attract many > > into this hobby if we'd simply offer to be the teachers of the IP > > networking craft using standards based methods used by everyone else >across > > the internet. > > > >PRECISELY. > >Can we please make a decision on this and move ahead? > >I'd like to know, one way or the other, because I sure aint interested in >all this private 44net stuff.. > >Is 44net routable or private? > > > >Steve >