[ppml] Policy Proposal 2002-3

[McBurnett, Jim]

Trevor,
As far as I see, an end user can STILL
get a direct allocation from ARIN.
but that is for /20 or shorter..
2002-3, which I hugely favor, is for smaller blocks
and based on the fact that a user is multihomed...
http://www.arin.net/policy/2002_3.html

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor Paquette [mailto:Trevor.Paquette at TeraGo.ca]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:15 PM
> To: calvin at orange-tree.alt.za; ppml at arin.net
> Subject: RE: [ppml] Policy Proposal 2002-3
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Calvin Browne
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ppml] Policy Proposal 2002-3
> > 
> .... 
> > Why should 2002-3 not be passed? or what are the arguments for not
> > passing it?
> 
> Folks used to be able to receive direct assignments from ARIN 
> (and other registries) in the past. This ability was revoked 
> for some reason, and it seems that no-one can remember why...
> 
> I'd hate for us to go back down the same path and encounter 
> the same problems as did our predecessors only to later go 
> 'DOH!.. no wonder they revoked this ability'.
> 
> Why was this ability revoked and the current policy put in 
> place?? Can anyone explain that?
> 
>