[arin-ppml] Alternative to 2009-7.

[Joe Maimon]

Owen DeLong wrote:
>>
>> 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...?
>>
> There are many ISPs that are small regional business-to-business
> providers that have less than 200 customers and have /20s or larger
> for the number of hosts their customers have.  Is there any reason
> to believe it is not possible for such a business to start up in IPv6
> going forward?
> 
> Owen
> 

There are many many niches where a small ISP operation can provide quite 
comfortable revenues providing excellent service to a small number of 
large customers. Low volume, High margin.

However:

I am certain any such ISP's have a real hope and plan on how to try to 
obtain 200+ sites/customers. Its not like they made a business decision 
to turn away the 200 site because they dont want to get any bigger.

As it stands, a new ISP without any IPv4 (which strikes me as a fairly 
rate occurrence) has only to present a good faith credible plan and 
intent to build their business and network past 200.