LAST CALL - Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2018-3: Remove Reallocation Requirements for Residential Market Assignments

[ARIN]

The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 5 October 2018 and decided to send 
the following Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:

ARIN-2018-3: Remove Reallocation Requirements for Residential Market 
Assignments

Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should 
be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 
24 October 2018.

The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/

The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html

Regards,

Sean Hopkins
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)



Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2018-3: Remove Reallocation Requirements 
for Residential Market Assignments

Problem Statement:

Current number policy requires some organizations to create 
reallocations or reassignments for residential subscribers.  This 
requirement complicates record keeping for ISPs.  There is limited value 
today for requiring these records be put into the ARIN database.

ARIN number policy for a long time has required ISPs to add a 
reallocation or reassignment record for each of their subscriber address 
blocks.  This policy dates from the original cable allocations as a 
method to publicly show that a portion of a larger block has been put 
into use.

Since ARIN no longer has a free pool of IPv4 addresses and requirements 
for transfer are demonstrated without these records, this requirement is 
no longer needed.

Furthermore, this requirement complicates reallocation & reassignment 
entry into the ARIN database.3  Removing this requirement could reduce 
the complexity required for accurately maintaining reallocation and/or 
reassignment records.

Policy statement:

Remove Section 4.2.3.7.3.1 (Residential Market Area) from the NRPM

Comments:

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate