[arin-ppml] Final draft of 2010-13 for Atlanta (Rev 1.55)

[Hannigan, Martin]

On 9/30/10 10:12 AM, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:

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> On Sep 30, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
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>> On 9/30/10 9:44 AM, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:
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>> Ah, no. The theoretical /25's and /18's would have been approved based on
>> need. An equal reduction for all bolsters the equity of needs based
>> allocations. Capping the reduction on the low side is the Robin Hood
>> approach. 
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> Look, at some low side point, one has to cap the reduction. If nothing else,
> it absolutely impossible to hand out a fractional /32.


Which I've demonstrated is financially objectionable especially considering
that the cost of IPv4 address space beyond depletion is an unknown variable.
 
> I think it is impractical to hand out less than a /28.
> 
> I'll point out that you were the one in our earlier discussions who wanted to
> raise this threshold rather than lower it.


We're only discussing these low thresholds because that is how the current
proposal is written and that's what we are discussing. The minimum
allocation should be higher and that the reservation system mechanics are
broken with respect to fairness.


Best,

-M<