Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants

[ARIN]

On 16 June 2016 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following 
Proposal to Draft Policy status:

ARIN-prop-229: Transfers for new entrants

This Draft Policy has been numbered and titled:

Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants

Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4 is below and can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2016_4.html

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evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft 
policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as 
stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these 
principles are:

  * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
  * Technically Sound
  * Supported by the Community

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Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
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Regards,

Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants

Date: 21 June, 2016
Problem Statement:

New organizations without existing IPv4 space may not always be able to 
qualify for an initial allocation under NRPM 4.2, particularly if they 
are categorized as ISPs and subject to 4.2.2.1.1. Use of /24. Now that 
ARIN's free pool is exhausted, 4.2.1.6. Immediate need states that 
"These cases are exceptional", but that is no longer correct. End user 
organizations requiring less a /24 of address space may also be unable 
to acquire space from their upstream ISP, and may instead need to 
receive a /24 from ARIN via transfer.

Policy statement:

Replace Section 4.2.2 with:

4.2.2. Initial allocation to ISPs

"All ISP organizations without direct assignments or allocations from 
ARIN qualify for an initial allocation of up to a /21, subject to ARIN's 
minimum allocation size. Organizations may qualify for a larger initial 
allocation by documenting how the requested allocation will be utilized 
within 24 months for specified transfers, or three months otherwise. 
ISPs renumbering out of their previous address space will be given a 
reasonable amount of time to do so, and any blocks they are returning 
will not count against their utilization.

Replace Section 4.3.2 to read:

4.3.2 Minimum assignment

ARIN's minimum assignment for end-user organizations is a /24.

End-user organizations without direct assignments or allocations from 
ARIN qualify for an initial assignment of ARIN's minimum assignment size.

Replace the first two sentences of Section 4.3.3. Utilization rate to read:

Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation by providing 
appropriate details to verify their 24-month growth projection for 
specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise.

Resulting new section 4.3.3 will be:

Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation, by providing 
appropriate details to verify their 24-month growth projection for 
specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise.

The basic criterion that must be met is a 50% utilization rate within 
one year.

A greater utilization rate may be required based on individual network 
requirements. Please refer to RFC 2050 for more information on 
utilization guidelines.

Comments:

Timetable for implementation: Immediate

Anything else

The text in 4.2.2 "for specified transfers, or three months otherwise" 
and the text in 4.3.3 "for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise" 
should be stricken if ARIN-prop-227 is adopted.