[address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 3.2

Hi Leo,

> Just be aware that the number of years is likely to be quite small.
> According to the statistics published on the RIPE NCC's FTP site, it
> assigned more than 1,000 /24 prefixes last year.

We are talking about PA prefixes here, and this pool is only meant for  
initial allocations (PA), not PI.

> The same statistics indicate that about 3,700 prefixes of all  
> lengths were
> assigned or allocated last year. I don't think we can assume that  
> demand for
> IPv4 address space will reduce and I also think it is reasonable for
> networks that would previously been happy with some PA space from  
> their ISP
> to get space direct from the RIPE NCC if it is the only game in town.

True. There might be organizations that become an LIR to get that  
initial /24 allocation.

> I don't know how many years people want small blocks of IPv4 address  
> space
> to be available for under a policy along these lines but I think if  
> it is
> more than just one or two it probably needs to be designed in a way  
> that
> takes account of historic demand and how people will react when other
> avenues are cut off.

Because this is just for initial allocations, I think 2 to 4 years is  
a reasonable timeframe. IPv4 will run out. This is only meant to make  
sure that new entrants have a few IPv4 addresses to work with.

- Sander