[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2023-1: Retire 4.2.1.4 Slow Start

[Matt Erculiani]

Loosely not in favor

> Staff has confirmed that this policy has not been used since 2018.
It still may be a deterrent when seeking transfer or a place on the waiting
list.

While not a great reason to keep it around, I've frequently seen this
policy referenced by ISPs for why they can't immediately lease out large
blocks to customers "if we have to play by this rule, so do you".

-Matt

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 10:29 AM ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:

> On 18 May 2023, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-319:
> Retire 4.2.1.4. Slow Start" as a Draft Policy.
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2023-1 is below and can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2023_1/
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> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
> evaluate the discussion to assess the conformance of this draft policy with
> ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated in the
> Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:
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> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
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> * Technically Sound
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> * Supported by the Community
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> The PDP can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/
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> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/
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> Regards,
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> Eddie Diego
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> Policy Analyst
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> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2023-1: Retire 4.2.1.4. Slow Start
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> Problem Statement:
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> Section 4.2.1.4 Slow Start has been a part of the NRPM for two decades,
> and successfully served to constrain the rate at which ARIN issued IPv4
> address allocations to its members for many years. Following the exhaustion
> of the free pool, as well as the introduction and refinement of transfer
> policies, Slow Start has ceased to be applicable to the operations of
> ARIN's registration services. Staff has confirmed that this policy has not
> been used since 2018.
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> Policy statement:
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> Retire 4.2.1.4 Slow Start
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> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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-- 
Matt Erculiani
ERCUL-ARIN
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