[address-policy-wg] A question

...and, depending on what the distribution of customer assignments
across the overall address space looks like, you may be able to use
the suballocation mechanism.

Admittedly, I have never used that or did any in-depth analysis of
the possibilities. Just a hint to maybe also look at. I may be fully
off-track, too.

Regards,
Wilfried.

Elvis Daniel Velea wrote:

> 
> Hi Nigel,
> 
> As far as I understand from the policy, you can transfer a block that
> contains customer assignments. The size of the block that you would
> transfer can not be (currently) smaller than a /22.
> 
> So, I would say that you have two options:
> - first - where you use the transfer policy and transfer parts of an
> allocation to an other LIR (even if it's yours, in a different country).
> In this case, the IPs transferred can not be again transferred for two
> years to an other LIR.
> - second - where you sell to a separate company (parts of) your
> infrastructure (and maybe associated customers) and then you would use
> the Mergers and Acquisitions procedure. In this case, the transfer
> policy would not be used and the IPs transferred to the new company
> could then be again transferred using the transfer policy.
> 
> cheers,
> elvis
> 
> On 25/03/14 19:25, Nigel Titley wrote:
> 
>>Anyone care to cast an opinion on the following question:
>>
>>The company I work for is about to split off one of its country
>>operations into a separate company. There are various blocks in use from
>>various allocations to the parent company. Is it permissible to split a
>>PA block and transfer part of it to the new company in order to avoid
>>having to renumber the customers? My reading of the transfer policy is
>>that it is possible (if reprehensible), but I thought I'd just like to
>>check with the great and the good to see what opinion is.
>>
>>Nigel
>> 
>>
>>
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