This Agreement defines the terms and conditions between InternetNYC.com (a registered DBA of MC Networks, Inc.) and its affiliates (collectively, "MCNI") having a principal place of business address at 91 Elmwood Street, Plainview, NY  11803 and the Customer for the provision of products and services to the Customer.

IP addresses are loaned from the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) such as ARIN and RIPE. In turn, MCNI lends those IP addresses to our customers for use while connected to the MCNI network. The size of the IP address loan varies and is solely based on the continually demonstrated and documented need of the customer. 

I. Introduction 

The MCNI IP Address Policy has been created with guidance from various Request For Comments documents (RFCs) and the existing policies of the RIRs from which MCNI obtains IP addresses. See www.arin.net/policy 

Due to the dynamic nature of the internet, MCNI reserves the right to change this document at any time without prior notice. Please check the MCNI website for the latest version of this policy, as the latest version of the policy will supersede all others. 

MCNI distributes IP addresses with three goals in mind: 

1. Conservation: The objective distribution of globally unique IP address space according to the operational needs of customers. MCNI tries to prevent stockpiling in order to maximize the utilization of IP address space. 
2. Routability: The distribution of globally unique IP address space in a hierarchical manner, which permits scalability in the internet routing table. The loan of IP address space by MCNI does not guarantee routability, due to other ISPs routing policies. 
3. Registration: MCNI documents the loan of IP addresses to a customer via a publicly available Referral WHOIS (rwhois) server. 
   MCNI realizes that conservation and routability can be conflicting goals. MCNI will review individual cases when there are conflicts to try to work out an appropriate compromise. 

II. Guidelines for Customers 

MCNI has developed the following guidelines that will be applied to customer requests for IP address space: 

1. IP addresses are loaned in blocks that conform to Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) boundaries. Customers should use classless technologies and routing protocols that support variable length subnet mask (VLSM).
2. IP addresses are loaned for the duration of the customer's connection to the MCNI network. In the event that the customer disconnects from the MCNI network, a 30 day grace period will be given for the customer to renumber into the new provider's IP address space. 
3. At any time, MCNI may require a customer to justify its IP address loan. If the customer is unable to do so, its ability to obtain future loans may be jeopardized and its existing loan may be revoked. 
4. IP addresses are loaned to customers using a "slow-start" process. New customers will receive a minimal loan based on their immediate requirement. Thereafter, the size of loaned IP address blocks may be increased based on the speed that the customer utilizes all previously loaned IP address blocks. 
5. RIRs may set a maximum size of the IP address loan that MCNI is allowed to make. If a customer requests an increase in loan size that is above the RIR size limit, the RIR reserves the right to review and approve the loan. The RIR may have different guidelines than MCNI does for reviewing and approving the loan and the customer would be required to adhere to the RIR's guidelines in this instance. 
6. Due to the limited availability of IP (v4) address space, the practice of assigning a unique IP address per dialup user is discouraged. 
7. When a customer requests an IP address space loan from MCNI that will be used for IP-based web hosting, the customer will need to provide technical justification as to why they are providing IP-based web hosting instead of name-based web hosting. MCNI is required to provide this information to the RIRs.