[arin-ppml] Straw poll on special policy for electric energy industry

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

William Herrin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM,  <michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote:
>> Basically, what I am suggesting is that we introduce a special policy
>> that bans the Electric Utility industry from receiving any IPv4
>> addressing at all, either direct ARIN allocations or ISP assignments,
>> if those addresses are intended for any kind of Smart Grid
>> application.
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I would not support a ban that targets a single industry but I would
> support a ban on IPv4 address allocations for _embedded systems_ of
> any sort that do not function as publicly accessible Internet servers.
> To include cell phones and game consoles. And a cut-off date by which
> folks holding public addresses for such a purpose must recover and
> reallocate those addresses before they can get any more from ARIN.
> 

I like this approach as well.

Ted