[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal -- Normalize Free pool and Transfer justification periods

[Owen DeLong]

On Jan 13, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:

> On 1/13/2012 2:15 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> I think it is skewing prices (more expensive) and creating incentives for people
>> to use the transfer market rather than obtaining space from ARIN while there is
>> still a free pool.
>> 
>> This is harmful in multiple ways:
>> 
>> First, making things more expensive is rarely beneficial to the community as
>> a whole.
> 
> One could argue that the current transfer prices are demonstrating how much it will cost to NOT move to IPv6.
> 
>> 
>> Second, making the ARIN free pool last artificially longer will only further
>> the disconnect between ARIN runout and runout in the rest of the world.
>> We're already seeing negative impacts from this  and I believe that situation
>> will get worse if we continue to allow the skew to expand.
> 
> Agree strongly here. So why not 24 months for both instead of 12?
> 
> Matthew Kaufman

If there is community support to make that change, it can easily be made during the PDP.
However, I think that 12 is a reasonable compromise for now.

I would not support changing it to 24 months, but, if there is strong community support for
doing so, I will accept it.

Owen