[address-policy-wg] 2012-04 New Draft Document Published (PI Assignments from the last /8)

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:46:55AM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote:
> That said, I do fear the practical consequences of this proposal. As the
> possibility to get PA assignments will be dwindling, End Users may look
> to PI (quite possibly guided there by their ISP who can be a sponsoring
> LIR). The current difference in pricing between PI and PA address space
> is a key element of my worry here - a PI assignment costs €50/year,
> while becoming a LIR and getting the PA /22 would under the proposed
> 2012 charging scheme cost €1750 (€1000 sign-up fee + €750 yearly fee).
> In other words, acquiring PA address space is almost nine times as
> expensive as PI address space.

I'm not sure wether the multihoming requirement is for piv4 or piv6, but
i think this may help.

Multihoming would raise the financial bar further, in that it needs
more/other infrastructure to actually use the PI.
 

OTOH i strongly suspect that the ease of setting up a lir and getting a
flat /22 will outweigh the effort of setting up four organizations to
get four (possibly split) /24 PI.  If what other people suggest comes
true (in terms of "selling ip space"), i also believe the financial
expense of becoming lir will rather be a small value in the bigger
equation.


That said i feel the document should speak of "Direct Assignments", and not
"Assignments to Endusers", because i dont see how the latter wording
would not apply to ASSIGNED PA, also (even if it doesnt "make sense" to
apply it that way) - it doesnt hurt to add the word, on the other hand
it makes the intent more clear.


(abstention)
Rico

MfG/regards,
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