[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-147 Set Transfer Need to 24 months and Clarify Exception

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:49 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>> ARIN-prop-147 Set Transfer Need to 24 months and Clarify Exception
>> Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman
>>
>> Policy statement:
>>
>> Change section 4.2.4.4 content as follows:
>>
>> Replace:
>> "This reduction does not apply to resources received via section 8.3. An
>> organization receiving a transfer under section 8.3 may continue to
>> request up to a 12-month supply of IP addresses."
>>
>> With:
>> "This reduction does not apply to resources received via transfer. An
>> organization receiving a transfer under section 8 may request up to a
>> 24-month supply of IP addresses."
>>
>> Timetable for implementation: immediate
>
> Hi Matthew,
>
> In principle, I support allowing recipients of addresses under section
> 8.3 to justify their use on a 24-month horizon. The shorter horizons
> were intended to dissuade folks from asking for more than they really
> need of a dwindling free resource. Under 8.3, that resource is no
> longer free. The cost will be sufficient to provide the backpressure
> that the short estimating horizons provide now.
>
> I don't like this wording. For one thing, 4.2.4.4 is the wrong place
> for this -- it should apply evenly to ISPs and end-users and should
> apply regardless of the length of time the registrant has been a
> "subscriber member." And by the way, how the heck did when end up with
> such an odd term, "subscriber member," which is not defined anywhere
> and used nowhere else in the document. How is it intended to be
> different than the term "LIR?"
>
> Also, I'm not convinced that such a policy should be implemented prior
> to the exhaustion of ARIN's normal allocation pool.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
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I would support this. I would support it even more if it were 36 months.

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