[arin-ppml] LAST CALL for Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants

[Chris Woodfield]

Support as proposed.

-C

> On Oct 26, 2016, at 2:17 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
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> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 21 October 2016 and decided to send Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants to Last Call:
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> The AC provided the following statement to the community:
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> This proposal is technically sound and enables fair and impartial number policy. There is support for this policy in the ARIN community as expressed at ARIN 38 and on PPML. There has been no opposition stated to 2016-4. At the ARIN AC meeting held on 10/21/2016, it was agreed that in the "Anything else" section of Recommended Draft Policy 2016-4 stating that 'The text in 4.2.2 “for specified transfers, or three months otherwise” and the text in 4.3.3 “for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise” should be stricken if ARIN-prop-227 is adopted' should be followed by ARIN staff as an instruction from the AC, presuming that 2016-2 (which is what ARIN-prop-227 has become) continues to move forward after last call.
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> Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. This Last Call will expire on 9 November 2016. After Last Call, the AC will conduct their Last Call review.
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> The full text is below and available at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/
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> The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
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> Regards,
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> Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants
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> AC assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:
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> The proposal is technically sound and enables fair and impartial number policy by ensuring that new organizations have a mechanism to access at least a minimum amount of resources from the transfer market. The staff and legal review (as updated 8/19/2016) is non-controversial. There is support and no concerns have been raised by the community regarding the proposal on PPML or elsewhere.
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> Problem Statement:
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> New organizations without existing IPv4 space may not always be able to qualify for an initial allocation under NRPM 4.2, particularly if they are categorized as ISPs and subject to 4.2.2.1.1. Use of /24. Now that ARIN’s free pool is exhausted, 4.2.1.6. Immediate need states that “These cases are exceptional”, but that is no longer correct. End user organizations requiring less a /24 of address space may also be unable to acquire space from their upstream ISP, and may instead need to receive a /24 from ARIN via transfer.
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> Policy statement:
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> Replace Section 4.2.2 with:
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> 4.2.2. Initial allocation to ISPs
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> “All ISP organizations without direct assignments or allocations from ARIN qualify for an initial allocation of up to a /21, subject to ARIN’s minimum allocation size. Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation by documenting how the requested allocation will be utilized within 24 months for specified transfers, or three months otherwise. ISPs renumbering out of their previous address space will be given a reasonable amount of time to do so, and any blocks they are returning will not count against their utilization.
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> Replace Section 4.3.2 to read:
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> 4.3.2 Minimum assignment
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> ARIN’s minimum assignment for end-user organizations is a /24.
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> End-user organizations without direct assignments or allocations from ARIN qualify for an initial assignment of ARIN’s minimum assignment size.
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> Replace the first two sentences of Section 4.3.3. Utilization rate to read:
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> Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation by providing appropriate details to verify their 24-month growth projection for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise.
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> Resulting new section 4.3.3 will be:
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> Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation, by providing appropriate details to verify their 24-month growth projection for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise.
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> The basic criterion that must be met is a 50% utilization rate within one year.
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> A greater utilization rate may be required based on individual network requirements.
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> Comments:
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> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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> Anything else
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> The text in 4.2.2 “for specified transfers, or three months otherwise” and the text in 4.3.3 “for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise” should be stricken if ARIN-prop-227 is adopted.
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