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

* Richard Hartmann

> You would need to have 256 companies for this. This, in turn,
> generates significant cost when compared to 64 companies. 64 LIRs
> give voting power, as well.
> 
> Is this scenario realistic?

I suppose it depends on how complicated it is to register a legal
entity, which probably varies greatly from country to country. In
Norway, it is very simple and to the best of my knowledge does not cost
anything. Or, as the NCC puts it: «It is also relatively straightforward
in many jurisdictions to set up a separate legal entity that could then
apply for a PI assignment, resulting in one actual organisation holding
multiple /24s from the last /8.»

Considering that registering multiple legal entities to circumvent
restrictions on how many .no domain names a single one can hold is
already happening -- yes, I do think it is a realistic scenario for
acquiring IPv4 as well (perhaps even more so).

Registering 192 extra legal entities in order to save €100K is a
no-brainer, if you ask me - even when taking into account the lost
voting rights. I'm guessing that an organisation that would do something
like is motivated by desperation for IPv4 addresses, rather than a
desire to participate in the RIPE community or NCC membership.

-- 
Tore Anderson
Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com