<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 12:28 PM John Santos <<a href="mailto:john@egh.com" target="_blank">john@egh.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<p>Is there any way to ensure that an ISP requesting a /40 has fewer
than 250 customers, so they can assign each a /48 in order to be
eligible for the smallest allocation at commensurate cost with a
/24 of IPv4?</p></div></blockquote></div><div>I don't think there is anything ARIN can reasonably do to require that 3X-Small ISPs have fewer than 250 customers. However, I'll note that even 3X-Small ISPs probably wants to grow their business, eventually moving them into the 2X-Small ISP category. Once they have something like 150 to 200 customers they should be able to justify an additional /24 moving them into the 2X-Small ISP category. Further, even for an ISP with 150 to 200 customers the additional $250 in ARIN fees annually shouldn't be a significant roadblock to their growth. So, I think the natural incentives for the growth of their business will be sufficient to regulate this issue, and I don't think we need to micromanage this issue through policy. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">===============================================<br>David Farmer <a href="mailto:Email%3Afarmer@umn.edu" target="_blank">Email:farmer@umn.edu</a><br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota <br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>=============================================== </div></div>