<div dir="ltr"><div><div>John:<br><br></div>Thanks for the additional info. It looks like the problem brought forth in the referenced document was never completely solved. Because an end user is defined as "<i>an organization receiving assignments of IP
addresses <b>exclusively </b>for use in its operational networks</i>.", it is my opinion that the "<i>exclusively</i>" part of the definition maybe the one creating some problems. In the "large enterprises which may provide services to many entities of various degrees of affiliation" example, the <i>exclusively </i>part of the definition should not apply. The question is, are these organizations actively involved in the reassigning that IP space to their
customers? <br><br>Although no formal definition for ISP is included in the policy manual, an ISP does not fit into the end user definition. Would a definition for ISP provide a clear guidance in thesubject? How should hosting/cloud/cdn providers be categorized?<br><br></div>José<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:43 AM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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4.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Should End-Users who want to be able to re-assign records simply
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">--->No. Why should they? <br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span>5.<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Should
the ISP/End-User distinction be eliminated (which is a bigger discussion outside the scope of the current problem statement)?<br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">---> No. They are different type of business entities and should be serviced according to their needs.</span></div>
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</span><div>I have no comment either way regarding the particular policy proposal under</div>
<div>discussion, but would like to provide some background that may aid in further</div>
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<div>- The distinction between “end-user” and “ISP” is very clear in many cases, </div>
<div> but not universally. Examples where it is less clear include university and</div>
<div> college systems, large enterprises which may provide services to many </div>
<div> entities of various degrees of affiliation (wholly-owned, partially-owned,</div>
<div> joint entity, business partner), hosting/cloud/cdn providers (where the line</div>
<div> between infrastructure and customer can be quite blurry at times), etc.</div>
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<div>- The desire to between ISP and End-User (or visa-versa) may be driven</div>
<div> by fee or policy motivations, but we have seen an increase in end-users</div>
<div> who wish to re-assign blocks in order to have more accurate information</div>
<div> in the database regarding the actual address usage, particularly with </div>
<div> respect to their geolocation data. </div>
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<div>Today ARIN tries to work with ISPs and end-users who wish to change </div>
<div>their categorization, but understandly we lack clear guidance for what </div>
<div>is becoming an increasingly blurry distinction. For additional context,</div>
<div>refer to the ARIN 31 Policy Experience Report (where this issue was </div>
<div>raised) - <a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/nobile_policy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/nobile_policy.pdf</a></div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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