[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-7: Make policy in 6.5.8.2 match the examples

[ARIN]

On 26 June 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted “ARIN-2025-7: Make policy in 6.5.8.2 match the examples” as Draft Policy. 

Draft Policy ARIN-2025-7 is below and can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_7

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:

* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community

The PDP can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/

Regards,

Eddie Diego
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)



Draft Policy ARIN-2025-7: Make policy in 6.5.8.2 match the examples

Problem Statement:

6.5.8.2 states "An organization qualifies for an assignment on the next larger nibble boundary when their sites exceed 75% of the /48s available in a prefix." and then follows with "For example: More than 1 but less than or equal to 12 sites justified, receives a /44 assignment;" implying that a single site should only receive a /48. However, 1 /48 exceeds 75% of the /48s available in a /48 (1), so per the rule an organization with a single site should receive a /44, which differs from the example.

Policy Statement:

In 6.5.8.2 replace "An organization qualifies for an assignment on the next larger nibble boundary when their sites exceed 75% of the /48s available in a prefix."

with "An organization qualifies for an assignment on the next larger nibble boundary when their sites exceed 75% of the /48s available in a prefix unless they only have a single site."

Comments:

Another way to fix the discrepancy would be to allocate a /44 for end users with a single site, but given the context of 6.5.8.2 it appears that the current intent of policy is for a single site end user to receive a /48.

Time Table for Implementation: Immediate