past vs future use

> 
> Sigh!  relevant points.
> 
> evidently allocation and assignment of ip numbers are different.
> evidently sect 3.1 is not intended to apply to isps.

Gordon,  the document clearly states there is a difference between
allocations and assignments and that allocations are for ISPs and assignments
are for end-users. 

Kim
 
> now that I have begun to look a little more closely at this stuff, it is
> NOT at all as clear as I would have hoped.
> 
> I hope that we will begin to have a discussion of some of these issues
> over the next few days.  what's the address of pagn kim?  I am very
> interested in your and the arin board and jon postels views on a range of
> procedural issues.
> 
> 
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> 
> On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Jon Lewis wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Justin W. Newton wrote:
> > 
> > > The current Internic allocation policy appears to be that you need to
> > > utilize 32 Class C's worth of address space effectively before they will
> > > assign you a /19 address block.  As it seems that a /19 is currently the
> > 
> > That's not the impression I get from rfc2050.
> > 
> > [direct quote from the rfc]
> > ---
> > 3.1  Common Registry Requirements
> > 
> >    Because the number of available IP addresses on the Internet is
> >    limited, the utilization rate of address space will be a key factor
> >    in network number assignment.  Therefore, in the best interest of the
> >    Internet as a whole, specific guidelines have been created to govern
> >    the assignment of addresses based on utilization rates.
> > 
> >    Although topological issues may make exceptions necessary, the basic
> >    criteria that should be met to receive network numbers are listed
> >    below:
> > 
> >                 25% immediate utilization rate
> >                 50% utilization  rate within 1 year
> > 
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Based on this, I would think an ISP that is, or is about to be, multihomed
> > and is currently completley (and efficiently) using at least a /21 worth
> > of IP's and expects to fully utilize a /20 in about 1 year _should_ be
> > able to apply for and receive their very own /19. 
> > 
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