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

[michael.dillon at bt.com]

> Are you seriously suggesting that we should blacklist a 
> consumer because they want to make plans to consume IP 
> addresses??

No.

> Are you suggesting that the electric company 
> should be denied a large block of IP addresses when when 
> large blocks have been granted to spammers and porn distributors?  

Yes.

> ARIN is a registry, as such we do not have the mission of 
> dictating internal network policy.

ARIN's IPv4 policy has always been intended to flow through to
providers' assignment policy, i.e. based on technical need.


--Michael Dillon