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

[Stephen Sprunk]

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. This ban would also apply to third parties and subcontractors who might be operating components of the Smart Grid.
>   

I would oppose any solution specifically designed to present a special
barrier to market entry for a particular company, industry, etc.  That
is blatantly anti-competitive.

If we were to say that certain uses of addresses were not considered
"justification", such as assigning IPv4 addresses to individual electric
meters, that is somewhat defensible, but still wrong IMHO.  Who are
you/we to say that their use is any less valid than putting IP addresses
on refrigerators?

OTOH, I would support adopting a maximum allocation/assignment per org
per annum; such a limit would apply to _all_ registrants and, given the
impending exhaustion, has obvious technical justification.  That such a
limit would prevent certain people from doing certain stupid things is a
side benefit.

S

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