This is basically true. I can remember in the early '80s filling out the ARIN address block request for my then employer and thinking "I've got a couple of hundred end points now, so I'll just ask for a Class B so I won't have to worry about it again". They gave it to me. We never used more than 1000 IPs. At least part of that company eventually became some sort of low-rent hosting company, so maybe they're using more, but I doubt it.
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This is basically true. I can remember in the early '80s filling out the ARIN address block request for my then employer and thinking "I've got a couple of hundred end points now, so I'll just ask for a Class B so I won't have to worry about it again". They gave it to me. We never used more than 1000 IPs. At least part of that company eventually became some sort of low-rent hosting company, so maybe they're using more, but I doubt it.