[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2009-1: Transfer Policy - Revised andforwarded to the Board

[Jon Lewis]

On Wed, 6 May 2009, Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote:

> I would argue that the present state of things actually facilitates
> hoarding, given that only the last allocation is assessed as part of the
> allocation of the next.  Any previous allocations could be unused,
> barely used or used less.  Thus, you can hoard addresses by only
> assigning from your last allocation and still be playing strictly by the
> rules.
>
> Sadly, the concept of having to justify all of your allocations to get
> your next one doesn't seem to get much traction.

IIRC, the rules aren't written this way, but I had the impression ARIN did 
look at more than just your last allocation when considering a new 
allocation.

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