[arin-ppml] TIPTOP

[David Farmer]

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 13:07 Tony Li <tony1athome at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>> Hi Fernando,
>>
>> > Honestly, what is the demand of it in terms of devices, networks right
>> now and for the next few years ?
>>
>> In 2025, there were about a dozen space missions of note. I would expect
>> the same with a slow linear increase for the foreseeable future.
>
>
> +1 to find a policy solution to support this need.
>
> Demand doesn't matter. A need presented by a community does. They(network
> and other engineers building these networks) already have demand using the
> resources.
>
> There's no good reason to argue if aggregation benefits are important both
> policy or technical. ICP2 and the NRPM say so. The high level resource
> engineering discussed  is a “duh” moment. Physics.
>

I also support a policy to allocate resources for use in deep space and to
aggregate them around celestial bodies. However, the current policy doesn't
seem to include any kind of commitment from the entities receiving the
resources to use them in accordance with the proposed aggregation. Without
even a theoretical commitment by the resource holders to implement the
intended aggregation, how will it ever be achieved? Obviously, there will
be limits to what ARIN can contractually enforce; nevertheless, it seems
prudent that resources received under this policy have some minimal
exceptions to implement the intended aggregation. Without at least a
minimal commitment to fulfill the intended aggregation, creating a new
policy regime seems unwise.

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Thank you / Ho Pidamayado / Miigwech
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