[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2009-2: Depleted IPv4 reserves

[Martin Hannigan]

> *Policy statement:*
>
> 4.1.8 Depleted IPv4 reserves
>
> A limit will be applied to all IPv4 address requests when ARIN's reserve
> of unallocated IPv4 address space drops below an equivalent /9. When
> this happens, an ISP or End User may receive up to a single /20 within a
> six month period. This restriction will be lifted in the event the
> reserve of unallocated IPv4 address space increases to an equivalent /7.
>

This policy seems to impose exactly the same unfair application that Counsel
described in the summary for  global policy for returning v4 space to the
IANA[3]. Creating equal shares only means that equal allocations occur. It
still creates a severe need imbalance and potentially creates an unfair
advantage for smaller players that a /20 does fulfill their needs.

What's the projection of the impact of this policy on our final exhaustion,
total meltdown of IPv4 allocations utilizing in-region maximum[1] available
inventory[2]?

Perhaps we should instead make it less desireable to get PI and have anyone
who needs a /20 or less accept PA from their upstream?

A this time, I am not in favor of this policy.

-M<

[1] http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-001-2.pdf
[2]
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.xml
[3]
http://mail.google.com/a/batelnet.bs/?AuthEventSource=SSO#label/PPML/12034bd1264e04bf
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