<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>In my experience many small resource holders have their upstreams announce their blocks so they don't need their own BGP connection.<br></div><div>For example enterprises that like the freedom to shop around for ISPs without renumbering.<br></div><div>I am opposed to this policy as the existing waiting-list guard-rails are sufficient for this bugbear.<br></div><div>And the waiting list will melt away like the witch in the Wizard of Oz anyway. The day it is regularly replenished is the day when IPv4 has no value.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br>Mike</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 18:16:46 -0400 <b>William Herrin <bill@herrin.us></b> wrote ---<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="blockquote_zmail" style="margin: 0px;"><div>On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 8:54 AM ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for lease or transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 60 months.<br><br>Fuzzy language. What is leasing? Suggest something more like:<br><br>"If announced on the public Internet, address space distributed from<br>the waitlist shall be announced only by the direct ARIN registrant<br>until 60 months after receipt."<br><br>Regards,<br>Bill Herrin<br><br>-- <br>William Herrin<br><a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a><br><a href="https://bill.herrin.us/" target="_blank">https://bill.herrin.us/</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net" target="_blank">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml" target="_blank">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a><br>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>