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Classless Inter-Domain Routing. This is a change in specifying ranges of IP addresses from the old Class A, B, and C address blocks. IP addresses consist of 32 bits, usually expressed in four 8-bit numbers, such as 122.63.101.17. In the old system, Class C specified 24 bits (the first three numbers in the conventional IP address), leaving all the addresses in the remaining 8 bits to be assigned by the registrant (256 ad ISP Glossary:
CIDR - By Sinead CarewNEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Three state attorneys general expressedcompetition concerns to a U.S. bankruptcy court this week overEchoStar Communications Corp.'s (NASDAQ:DISH) efforts to buysatellites that rival DirecTV had ordered from bankrupt Loral Space &Communications Ltd. (BB:LRLSQ).New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and his counterparts inMissouri and Pennsylvania said competition in the U.S. televisionmarket could be at risk if EchoStar buys the satellites from Loral,according to a Loral spokeswoman and letters seen by Reuters onTuesday.The concerns were the latest chapter in a drama between satelliteoperator and maker Loral and EchoStar, the No. 2 U.S. satellitetelevision service. Loral, which says it is not up for sale, recentlyrejected EchoStar's bid for all its assets.- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=36175581
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