[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2014-17: Change Utilization Requirements from last-allocation to total-aggregate - revised

[John Curran]

On Jul 14, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net<mailto:jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net>> wrote:

It applies to all but is of zero benefit to large orgs with contiguous space. This idea that it allows big orgs to horde space is a red herring.

Jeffrey -

  For sake of argument, imagine a large ISP which over the course of time has
  ended up with a /8, two /16, and a /14 IPv4 blocks (with the /14 being the most
  recently issued block because of nearly full utilization of all prior blocks at the
  time.)

  Under present policy, the ISP cannot request address space until they have
  brought the utilization of the most recently issued block (the /14) up to 80%.

  Under the proposed policy, the ISP is immediately eligible to request space,
  since their aggregate utilization (even with a completely unused /14) is going
  to be very high (potentially as much as 97% due to the fully-used /8 block.)

  The proposed policy allows organizations to request space so long as their
  aggregate utilization is higher than 80%, and this means many existing
  organization with large IPv4 holdings will suddenly qualify to receive an
  additional allocation if they choose to request it.  Whether that is desirable
  or not is a matter for the community to decide.

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN


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