[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30 day utilization requirement in end-user IPv4 policy

[David Huberman]

Hi Bill,

The 25% text applies not only to initial assignments, but to:
- additional assignments
- transfers
- criteria used by ISPs to determine justification for downstream assignments

In the antiseptic world of "ARIN to new end-user getting first assignment", the 25% makes sense.  In the other cases, which seem much more relevant in 2015 than the antiseptic case, the 25% doesn't make sense, and in many cases, cannot be met.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On
> Behalf Of William Herrin
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:45 PM
> To: ARIN
> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30 day utilization
> requirement in end-user IPv4 policy
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:58 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> > Draft Policy ARIN-2015-3
> > Remove 30 day utilization requirement in end-user IPv4 policy
> 
> > Policy statement:
> >
> > Remove the 25% utilization criteria bullet point from NRPM 4.3.3.
> 
> > Problem Statement:
> >
> > End-user policy is intended to provide end-users with a one year
> > supply of IP addresses. Qualification for a one-year supply requires
> > the network operator to utilize at least 25% of the requested addresses
> within 30 days.
> > This text is unrealistic and should be removed.
> >
> > First, it often takes longer than 30 days to stage equipment and start
> > actually using the addresses.
> >
> > Second, growth is often not that regimented; the forecast is to use X
> > addresses over the course of a year, not to use 25% of X within 30 days.
> 
> Opposed.
> 
> The intention is that an end-user requesting address space already have an
> operational network. Some or all of the 25% utilization will be achieved by
> renumbering a subset of services out of provider-assigned address space.
> 
> "End user must already operate a real network" is hard to write up in policy
> language. "25%" is much easier define and accomplishes a comparable goal.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
> 
> 
> 
> 
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