[address-policy-wg] 2013-03 New Policy Proposal (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup)

* James Blessing

> Whilst the address being allocated to LIRs could follow this model the
> assignment of address space to end users should continue on a needs
> basis.

Hi James,

For what it's worth, my opinion is that it will indeed continue in this
manner, even if 2013-03 is accepted. The way I see it, this will follow
naturally from the depletion state we're in. LIRs know by now that they
can no longer come running to the NCC to refill their pools should they
run empty, hence they have all the incentive in the world to conserve
what they have already been allocated, and therefore only assign to its
End Users the space that the End User actually need and can justify.
2013-03 leaves it to the individual LIR to decide on what periods and
criteria makes the most sense in each case, though.

Should a LIR on the other hand opt not to do so, and assign to its End
User the amount of addresses the End User asked for with no limitation,
that LIR will realise soon enough that it has done a grave mistake.
However, that mistake only hurts that LIR only - you, me, and the rest
of the community are not affected by that LIRs mistakes (unlike what we
would be if the same thing happened pre-depletion).

The upside is that under 2013-03, if you or I get a new customer signing
a, say, three-year contract, that leaves no doubt that he has a valid
need for addresses in that period - the policy will actually allow us to
make that assignment.

Best regards,
Tore Anderson