[ppml] Defining Utilization of IPv4 addresses

[Marshall Eubanks]

How does this mesh with Policy Proposal 2002-3 ? Especially
question 3 ?

BTW - What is the status of 2002-3 - was this ever put
into practice ?

On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 06:38 AM, 
Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:

> Yet another policy proposal that will be submitted to ARIN
> in the next few days. Comments?
>
> 1. When an ISP applies for IPv4 address space, ARIN analyzes the
>    utilization rate of any existing IPv4 address blocks allocated
>    to the ISP.
>
> 2. For the purposes of calculating the utilization rate, any IPv4
>    address range that is assigned or allocated to another organization
>    will be counted as utilized if it meets the following two 
> conditions.
>
> 3. The assigned or allocated address range must be of a size that is
>    justified by ARIN policy.
>
> 4. The ISP must require the other organization to use their addresses
>    efficiently using VLSM and CIDR technologies.
>
> 5. The utilization rate of an address block is calculated as the
>    number of utilized addresses divided by the total number of
>    addresses in the block.
>
> Rationale:
>
> Currently, there is no clear definition of utilization in ARIN's IPv4
> policy. The result is that different organizations interpret this in
> different ways. This policy change is an attempt to level the playing
> field so that noone has an unfair competitive advantage due to the
> vagueness of the policy.
>
> This policy change only provides a clear definition for the utilization
> rate of address blocks allocated by ARIN to ISPs. It does not address 
> the
> utilization rate of address blocks assigned to end users which would
> presumably be calculated differently by counting end devices, network
> and broadcast addresses.
>
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                                  Regards
                                  Marshall Eubanks

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