[arin-ppml] Portability of demand (was: APNIC out of v4)

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Matthew Petach <mpetach at netflight.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon
> <jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net> wrote:
>> ARIN should handle requests from other regions by sending them directly to
>> /dev/null .
>>
>> My two cents,
>> Jeff
>
> To be clear, you're only talking about requests from LIRs from other
> regions that have no presence within the ARIN coverage region when
> you say "sending them directly to /dev/null"; companies like NTT,
> for example, which have a significant presence in the ARIN region
> would surely still be serviced happily by ARIN in the same manner
> as they had previously, for their IP resource needs within the ARIN
> region?
>
> Or are you proposing that unless the company exists *solely* within
> the ARIN region, they should not be allowed to request resources
> from ARIN?
>
> Matt
>

Matt,

This is basically correct. The company should be required to have
operations in ARIN's region and, if applicable, have requested prior
resources in the same manner. NTT would meet this test.

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