[arin-ppml] ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30-Day Utilization Requirement in End-User IPv4 Policy

[Mike Burns]

I agree with Owen.
I support the policy either way.

Regards,
Mike


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From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Owen DeLong
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:42 PM
To: David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu>
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Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30-Day Utilization Requirement in End-User IPv4 Policy

While criteria as singular may not be an uncommon error, I see no reason to avoid the proper use of the word criterion.

I propose changing to the following:

…

The basic criterion that must be met is a 50% utilization rate within one year.

…

Is there some perceived benefit to sticking with a common error?

Owen


> On Jan 27, 2016, at 14:54 , David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> The following is the proposed update for ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30-Day Utilization Requirement in End-User IPv4 Policy based on strong support in Montreal.
> 
> Beyond deleting the 25% bullet as the policy says, their are editorial 
> changes as follows to the remaining text;
> 
> - It looks weird to have single item bullet list, so merge the two remaining sentence fragments into a single sentence.
> - Change "are" to "is", since there is only one remaining criteria
> - Use of "criteria" as a singular is common usage, even though technically it's plural.
> - Resulting in "The basic criteria that must be met is a 50% utilization rate within one year."
> 
> The remaining and resulting text for 4.3.3 is now included in the 
> policy text, for editorial clarity.  The original staff and legal 
> suggested removing the RFC2050 reference and also pointed out that
> 4.2.3.6 also has a 25% immediate use clause and a RFC2050 reference.
> 
> Feedback in Montreal was that deleting the 25% immediate use was a nice bite-sized change, and we shouldn't try to do more than that with this change, so those changes are not included at this time.
> 
> Any additional feedback or comments are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ---------
> 
> Draft Policy ARIN-2015-3: Remove 30 day utilization requirement in 
> end-user IPv4 policy
> 
> Date: 27 January 2015
> 
> 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.
> 
> Third, this policy text applies to additional address space requests. It is incompatible with the requirements of other additional address space request justification which indicates that 80% utilization of existing space is sufficient to justify new space. If a block is at 80%, then often (almost always?) the remaining 80% will be used over the next 30 days and longer. Therefore the operator cannot honestly state they will use 25% of the ADDITIONAL space within 30 days of receiving it; they're still trying to use their older block efficiently.
> 
> Fourth, in the face of ARIN exhaustion, some ISPs are starting to not give out /24 (or larger) blocks. So the justification for the 25% rule that previously existed (and in fact, applied for many years) is no longer germane.
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
> Remove the 25% utilization criteria bullet point from NRPM 4.3.3.
> 
> Resulting text:
> 
> 4.3.3. Utilization rate
> 
> Utilization rate of address space is a key factor in justifying a new 
> assignment of IP address space. Requesters must show exactly how 
> previous address assignments have been utilized and must provide 
> appropriate details to verify their one-year growth projection.
> 
> The basic criteria that must be met is a 50% utilization rate within one year.
> 
> A greater utilization rate may be required based on individual network 
> requirements. Please refer to RFC 2050 for more information on 
> utilization guidelines.
> 
> Comments:
> a.Timetable for implementation: Immediate b.Anything else
> 
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