[arin-ppml] Alternative to 2009-7.

[Chris Grundemann]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 14:48, Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> wrote:
>
> As discussed today, the current IPv6 policy uses a criteria of "200
> sites" as the threshold to receive IPv6 address space.  Also polled
> was a 100 site requirement.
>
> Looking back at the IPv4 requirements (which are at
> https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four22), there are basically
> two cases.
>
> Single Homed:
>
>  You must show efficient utilization (80%) of a /20 from your upstream.
>  A /20 is 4096 IP's, and 80% of that is 3277 IP's in use.
>
> Multi Homed:
>
>  For a /22 (the smallest) you must show efficient utilization of a /23,
>  or 512 IP's, and 80% of that would be 410 IP's in use.
>
> To that end, I would suggest replacing a requirement for 200 sites
> with a requirement that:
>
>  - If single homed, demonstrate the ISP will connect at least 3277
>   devices.
>  - If multi homed, demonstrate the ISP will connect at least 410
>   devices.
>
> The idea is to have essentially the same requirement for a brand
> new, IPv6 only ISP as there is today for a brand new IPv4 only ISP.
> This would retain the "be an existing ISP" as a simpler mechanism
> for someone who is already an IPv4 ISP to transition to dual-stack
> or IPv6 only.

Very quickly:

What would the requirement be if they are a new org, building an IPv6
only network?

I think that the current ISP requirement is satisfactory if it is
implemented by ARIN staff as written.  I have a hard time accepting
that you are an ISP if you will never have over 200 customers.
Perhaps what we need to look at is the end-user requirements...?

~Chris

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