[arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: IPv4 RecoveryFund

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Kevin Kargel
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 1:56 PM
> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: 
> IPv4 RecoveryFund
> 
> My apologies for top loading, but it seemed best in this instance.
> 
> In first look at 2009-4 I do not hate it, (which I know will 
> shock many of you).  To my mind there are a few requirements 
> for any transfer proposal that seem to be met by 2009-4.
> 
> 1.  ARIN should do any brokering.
> 2.  Anonymity must be maintained, the receiver should not 
> know which IP's they are getting or being considered for 
> ahead of time in order to preclude side deals and a grey 
> market. Endpoints must not be allowed to negotiate.
> 
> One issue I do have is that the proposal is heavily slanted 
> toward the big organizations with section 4.X.4 where it 
> states "Recovered IPv4 number resources should be broken into 
> smaller blocks only if there are no bidders for the larger 
> sized blocks"
> I understand the rationale for this, but it would guarantee 
> the big ISP's first crack at any blocks leaving only 
> leftovers for small and middle sized operations.  This is not 
> a level playing field.
> I believe that ARIN will tend not to de-aggregate blocks any 
> more than is necessary and we can leave this operational 
> feature to the prerogative of staff.  It does not need to be 
> in Policy.
> I agree that the statement " ARIN should take all practical 
> steps to aggregate returned address blocks." should remain, 
> but the rest of the section can be managed by staff at their 
> discretion.
> 
> I would suggest that the data reporting for section 4.X.5 be 
> published when or after it is thirty days old.  
> 

I would not have an objection to historical reporting for the
history buffs, but I think 30 days is way too soon.  How about
6 months out for the pricing data?

Ted