[arin-ppml] Smalest ISP v6 Allocation

[David Huberman]

The root problem expressed is one of fees.  We should not make policy that presents inferior network engineering because of fees.  The root problem is for our Board to solve.  According to John Curran on this list, the Board has done so, and will present an attractive fee schedule change in October.

David R Huberman
Principal, Global IP Addressing
Microsoft Corporation

From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of David Farmer
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Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Smalest ISP v6 Allocation


On Aug 14, 2015, at 05:19, Mike Hammett <arin at ics-il.net<mailto:arin at ics-il.net>> wrote:
If the smallest IPv6 allocation an ISP can get is a /36 (X-small or up to /20 in IPv4), but we have a fee established for XX-small (up to /40 IPv6 and /22 IPv4), why don't we permit an ISP to get a /40? Small providers may not want to increase their ARIN fees to simply be able to get their own IPv6 allocation. Seems counter-intuitive in getting everyone on the IPv6 train. It also falls on a clean boundary, so there shouldn't be any concerns with issued subnets.

If there's no good reason why we're not doing this, how to we start the process to allow this?

A little more than two years ago we considered a policy to do just that;

Draft Policy ARIN-2013-3: Tiny IPv6 Allocations for ISPs

https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2013_3.html<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.arin.net%2fpolicy%2fproposals%2f2013_3.html&data=01%7c01%7cdavid.huberman%40microsoft.com%7cb066d589a64a438228a308d2a4aa30ef%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=cgxSpN8%2bCrg9YM7OPQ1Vx5VocrAYmxNzwc7pLBcBi%2bY%3d>

The consensus at the time was that a /40 was too small for an ISP and that we should reconsider the fee structure instead.  That has been in process with the fee committee that was discussed previously.  However, if there is a new consensus in support of allowing ISPs to receive a /40, I'd recommend the text of ARIN-2013-3 as a starting point.

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