[address-policy-wg] Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015, Vladimir Andreev wrote:

>> On application for IPv4 resources LIRs will receive IPv4 addresses according to the following:
>>
>> The size of the allocation made will be exactly one /22.
>>
>> The sum of all allocations made to a single LIR by the RIPE NCC after the 14th of September 2012 is limited to a maximum of 1024 IPv4 addresses (a single /22 or the equivalent thereof).
>>
>> The LIR must confirm it will make assignment(s) from the allocation.
>
> Please point me where in quoted text you see any prohibition to open and merge LIRs with /22's?

We can't do that, so what we're trying to do is make it less profitable to 
do so.

But the INTENTION behind the current policy was to allow a new ISP (or 
other type of entity) a /22 to allow them to participate in IPv4 world 
5-10 years down the line. It was NOT to allow people to use administrative 
tricks to cheaply acquire IPv4 space for use in a single business.