[arin-ppml] [arin-announce] [Fwd: ARIN-prop-133: No Volunteer Services on Behalf of Unaffiliated Address Blocks]

[John Santos]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Bill Woodcock wrote:

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> On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:13 AM, John Santos wrote:
> > LRSA, last time I read the fine print, says that I can keep my legacy
> > assignment as long as I meet the minimum requirements for it, but the
> > minimum assignment size is a /20, which I definitely don't qualify for.
> > (I would qualify for a /24, if such were available.)
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> /24s are available, and are the current minimum allocation.  It is all but inconceivable that the long-term trend toward decrease in the minimum allocation size will continue, as existing allocations need to be subdivided further, to accommodate new users.  In other words, the minimum allocation is /24 today, and it will be even smaller in the future.
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> https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four322
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> "For multihomed end-users who demonstrate an intent to announce the requested space in a multihomed fashion to two or more distinct ASNs not owned or controlled by the end-user, the minimum block of IP address space assigned is a /24."
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>                                 -Bill

That sounds much better.  I'll consider running the LRSA by our
lawyers.


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John Santos
Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
781-861-0670 ext 539