[arin-ppml] Proposal to ban Leasing of IP Addresses in the ARIN region

[Owen DeLong]

> On Sep 22, 2021, at 17:49 , Mike Burns <mike at iptrading.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Ok, I got it now.
> 
> Well, I suppose we could concern ourselves with Lessors getting around policy through tunnels that technically provide connections but don't carry much traffic.
> I think that words like "primary" and "majority" would be difficult to apply and would require more thought in multi-homed environments.
> 
> However, like the routing table pollution issue, it's besides the point. 
> Any interested Lessor wouldn't bother, they would just purchase RIPE addresses for this purpose.

Amusingly, they don’t even have to purchase “RIPE” addresses… They can purchase ARIN addresses (or LACNIC or APNIC) into RIPE via the inter-RIR transfer policies.

> And anyway, this would simply lock in the big networks and lucky incumbents as the only Lessors allowed in the market.
> I contend that reducing this population to big networks and lucky incumbents isn't likely to benefit Lessees in the market.

I don’t think Bill seeks to benefit lessees. I think he prefers to shaft lessors and lessees in favor of allowing price-gouging ISPs to be the exclusive and only LIRs.

Owen


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