[arin-ppml] A Redefinition of IPv4 Need post ARIN run-out

[Matthew Kaufman]

On 6/12/2013 10:11 AM, Brandon Ross wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2013, Steven Ryerse wrote:
>
>> Don't know if a /12 cap would work if a big guy like tmobile or 
>> Microsoft applied for a larger allocation. It is fine for most 
>> organizations though.
>
> Huh?  Are you suggesting that Tmobile and Microsoft are incapable of 
> completing the needs justification process??
>

Incapable? No. But it is likely inappropriate. If one of them has a plan 
to do something over the next 3 years that needs a /7 of space and they 
can find a seller and can afford the price, why should ARIN be 
preventing that sale because the needs justification window is shorter 
than 3 years? It isn't like either of them is going to just up and 
disappear, right?

Matthew Kaufman