[address-policy-wg] Just say *NO* to PI space -- or how to make it lessdestructive

Just a technical/financial clarification....

Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:

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>> PI is for folks wanting to be independent. Independency is most of the
>> time a bit more expensive.
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> PI space is free for life.

Not really.

Quite a while ago the NCC stopped accepting PI requests from "walk-in"
applicants (as we told them to do).

Since then an application for PI (and ASNs) can only be submitted by way
of an LIR. And those assignments do count against their "size" calculation:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/charging.html

The table with the scoring units and the formula for category determination
can be found close to the end of that page.

>> Thus IMHO in very short:
>> - PA policy is for Providers, these provide access to endsites.
>> - PI policy is for Endsites.
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> - kurtis -

Wilfried.