[address-policy-wg] 2006-05 New Policy Proposal (PI Assignment Size)

--On 18 September 2006 17:58 +0200 Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:

> The problem with the current scheme is that it's a one-time fee, payable
> only in the year of PI assignment (!), and after that, the PI is free.

This is important given that there *is* an ongoing cost of PI space (e.g.
operating the databases which say who's been allocated what), and this is
set to increase if anything, with the plans to digitally sign
allocations/assignments in order to increase the security of the routing
system (e.g. sBGP).

I find myself more in favour of having to "lease" number resources, as long
as the cost is reasonable (and we can see to that because of the
"bottom-up" process that exists), rather than "buy" them.

This will, if anything, help with resource reclamation and re-cycling in
the longer term.

Regards,
Mike
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Mike Hughes     Chief Technical Officer  London Internet Exchange
mike at linx.net   http://www.linx.net/