[address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 3

On 25 Aug 2009, at 15:37, <michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote:

> That is why I would like to see a decision based on run-rates
> in the future, when those run-rates are known to everyone.

EH? You said earlier that no-one has a crystal ball. So predictions of  
future run-rates are just that: predictions. A policy based on those  
predictions therefore makes no sense. We might as well be developing  
policies based on the number of unicorns each LIR has. Or says they  
plan to have when the last /8 leaves IANA.

Anyway, let's get back to the original poster's point. What use is a  
policy developed today based on we *think* future run-rates will be.  
What's the point of that when the actual run rates at the point when  
this policy took effect would almost certainly be different from those  
predictions? What is there to be gained from such a policy? What would  
such a policy achieve that the current policy doesn't?