[ppml] Policy Proposal: Resource Reclamation Incentives
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Mon Jul 2 03:01:43 EDT 2007
Yes... I thought that was the literal meaning of them rather than a
between-the-lines
interpretation, but, I am open to wordsmithing as well as substantive
suggestions
for improvement.
Owen
On Jun 30, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote:
> I think what Owen meant was:
>
> 1. If the organization does not currently pay ARIN fees, their
> remaining IPv4 resources shall remain fee exempt.
>
> and
>
> 4. All organizations returning space under this policy shall,
> if they meet other eligibility requirements and so request, obtain
> an appropriate IPv6 end-user assignment or ISP allocation as
> applicable, with no fees for these IPv6 resources for the first 5
> years.... etc.
>
> I presume that the normal rules (that you pay the greater of your
> IPv4 or IPv6 fees, not the sum) will still apply in such
> situations, meaning that a legacy IPv4 holder who returns some of
> their space and gets an IPv6 block will begin paying fees, based on
> their IPv6 space, after 5 years.
>
> Owen, am I reading between the lines correctly?
>
> -Scott
>
> P.S. Aaron, you might want to update the From: line your mailer
> generates. :-)
>
> heh heh wrote:
>> Owen,
>> Doesn't #1 and #4 conflict with each other or am I missing something?
>> #1 says that they will remain exempt
>> #4 says that anyone returning will be exempt for 5yrs
>> So, if I return legacy space, which one do I fall under?
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> On 6/28/07, *Owen DeLong* <owen at delong.com
>> <mailto:owen at delong.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Here's an attempt to partially drain the swamp and create some
>> incentives
>> for legacy holders to both return available IPv4 space and
>> start using
>> IPv6.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>>
>> Owen
>>
>>
>> Template: ARIN-POLICY-PROPOSAL-TEMPLATE-1.0
>>
>>
>> Policy Proposal Name: Legacy Outreach and Partial Reclamation
>> Author
>> name: Owen DeLong
>> email: owen at delong.com <mailto:owen at delong.com>
>> telephone: 408-921-6984
>> organization: JITTR Networks
>>
>> Proposal Version: 0.0.1
>> Submission Date: 2007 April 22
>> Proposal type: M
>> new, modify, or delete.
>> Policy term: permanent
>> temporary, permanent, or renewable.
>> Policy statement:
>> Modify section 4.6 as follows:
>>
>> 4.6 Amnesty Requests
>> ARIN will accept the return or relinquishment of
>> any address space
>> from any existing address holder. If the address
>> holder wishes to
>> aggregate into a single block, ARIN may work with
>> the address holder
>> to arrive at an allocation or assignment which is
>> equal to or smaller
>> than the sum of their existing blocks and which
>> best meets the needs
>> of the existing holder and the community. There
>> shall be no fee for
>> returning addresses under this policy. Further,
>> organizations
>> returning addresses under this policy shall
>> receive the following
>> benefits:
>>
>> 1. If the organization does not
>> currently pay ARIN
>> fees, they shall remain fee
>> exempt.
>>
>> 2. If the organization currently
>> pays
>> ARIN fees,
>> their fees shall be waived for
>> two
>> years for
>> each /20 equivalent returned,
>> with
>> any fractional /20
>> equivalent resulting in a one-
>> time
>> single year waiver.
>>
>> 3. Any organization returning
>> address
>> space under
>> this policy shall continue under
>> their existing
>> RSA or they may choose to sign
>> the
>> current RSA.
>> For organizations which currently
>> do not
>> have an RSA, they may sign the
>> current RSA, or,
>> they may choose to remain without
>> an RSA.
>>
>> 4. All organizations returning space
>> under this
>> policy shall, if they meet other
>> eligibility
>> requirements and so request,
>> obtain an
>> appropriate IPv6 end-user
>> assignment
>> or ISP allocation as applicable,
>> with no fees
>> for the first 5
>> years. Organizations electing
>> to receive IPv6
>> allocation/assignment under
>> this provision must sign a
>> current
>> RSA and
>> must agree that all of their IPv4
>> resources are
>> henceforth subject to the RSA.
>> Organizations
>> taking this election shall be
>> subject to end-user
>> fees for their IPv4 resources not
>> previously
>> under an ARIN RSA. If they are
>> already an
>> ARIN subscriber, then IPv4
>> resources
>> affected by this process may,
>> instead, be added to
>> their existing subscriber
>> agreement at the
>> address holder's discretion.
>>
>> Rationale:
>>
>> The current amnesty policy does a nice job of
>> facilitating
>> aggregation, which was the intent when it was
>> drafted. However,
>> as we approach IPv4 free-space exhaustion, the
>> community now
>> has an additional need to facilitate address reclamation.
>>
>> A very high percentage of underutilized space is in the
>> hands of
>> legacy holders who currently have no benefit to joining
>> the ARIN
>> process. Further, there is an unfortunate perception
>> that
>> doing
>> so will require force the legacy holder into certain
>> future
>> disadvantages.
>> This proposal attempts to resolve both of those issues
>> while also
>> providing some incentive to legacy organizations to start
>> using
>> IPv6 resources and bring their IPv4 resources into the
>> ARIN
>> process.
>>
>> This policy attempts to provide some benefit and remove
>> most of
>> the costs of making partial IPv4 returns. It also
>> attempts to
>> provide an incentive for these IPv4 holders to join
>> the ARIN
>> process.
>>
>> Timetable for implementation:
>>
>> Immediate
>>
>> Meeting presenter:
>>
>> TBD, probably Owen DeLong
>>
>> END OF TEMPLATE
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