[arin-ppml] IPv6 policy: ISP process?

[William Herrin]

Howdy,

I didn't see any feedback on the draft policy rewriting section 6.5,
so I want to step back and solicit your opinions on what ARIN's IPv6
policies should become. I'm going to ask some questions and break them
into separate message threads so that they can be followed separately
according to your interest.

The question for this thread is: Do you like ARIN's current IPv6
allocation _process_ for ISPs or would you prefer to see it change? I
specifically mean the process ARIN has implemented, not the policy
text which is a mess.

Roughly speaking, ARIN's current process for granting IPv6 addresses
to ISPs works like this:

/32? Granted.

More than a /32? Count your customers and sites, then consult the
charts on page 3 of
https://www.arin.net/reference/training/resources/ipv6_networkplan.pdf
. Same or longer CIDR netmask? Granted.

Still more? Write a network plan and offer a technical justification
why you need so much IPv6 space.


Draft 2026-2 changes the above so that every ISP writes a network plan
with a technical justification for the number of IPv6 addresses
requested, including a /32. No automatic /32 grant. No "count your
customers and sites" grant.


Do you like either approach? Can you describe a third approach you'd
like better? Your views are respectfully requested.

Regards,
Bill Herrin