[address-policy-wg] 2007-01 New Policy Proposal (Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC)

Dear Leo,

Listed below is the number of LIRs closed due to non-payment since 2005:

Year 2005 total: 210
Year 2006 total: 195
Year 2007 total (to date): 122

The top three countries in terms of LIRs closed due to non-payment are:

2005: UK: 32, RU: 29, DE: 18
2006: UK: 48, RU: 33, DE: 11
2007 (to date): RU: 28, UK: 21, NL: 7

Note that as of 31 March 2007, RU (701), UK (571) and DE (537) are the 
top three countries in our region in terms of total number of members. 
Total membership as of 31 March 2007 is 4847.


Regards,
Flor de Maria Paredes Mattos
RS Manager RIPE NCC



Leo Vegoda wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Max Tulyev wrote:
>
>> Leo Vegoda wrote:
>>>> This will have LIRs to maintain agreements with end-users and have
>>>> end-users to return unused PI/ASN to RIPE. In this case, all contracts
>>>> and money transfers will be domestic for PI/ASN holders.
>>>
>>> ... your suggestion does not resolve the issue of maintaining a link
>>> between the NCC and the resource holder when the LIR is closed for
>>> non-payment. I'm not sure how many LIRs that have requested PI or ASN
>>> assignments for customers have been closed for non-payment. If the
>>> number is significant then a another solution is needed while still
>>> addressing the legitimate issue you've raised about issues with
>>> international contracts.
>>
>> This solution can be the possibility to move PI from one LIR to another
>> in this case.
>
> Which LIR? The LIR stopped paying bills and doesn't have staff any 
> more. There is no-one to confirm the orderly transfer of 
> responsibility for the resources. The string connecting the resource 
> holders to the RIPE NCC snapped. The point at which a new LIR pops up 
> and claims responsibility for the resources is the ideal moment to 
> hijack them.
>
> I am not sure how serious a problem this is as I do not know the rate 
> of churn for LIRs in countries for which you have expressed concerns. 
> It could be that it is a very small risk affecting a tiny number of 
> registrations per year. On the other hand, it could be a more 
> significant problem.
>
> If the RIPE NCC could provide statistics for LIR churn, particularly 
> LIRs that have requested PI assignments or ASNs for customers, that 
> would be very helpful.
>
> Regards,
>
> --Leo Vegoda
> IANA Numbers Liaison
>
>