[address-policy-wg] 2015-05 New Policy Proposal (Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria)

Yes, agree. Nice summary.  Not in favor. 

Best, 

Marty

> On Oct 20, 2015, at 15:27, Remco van Mook <remco.vanmook at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> (no hats)
> 
> I think this is a very bad idea*. The whole reason the final /8 policy looks the way it does (and is as far as I can see working *exactly* as intended) is so late entrants to this Internet game have a fair chance of establishing themselves without having to resort to commercial alternatives for IPv4 address space.
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> For established LIRs, adding a trickle of additional address space probably won’t make a jot of a difference for their business and is likely not going to optimise the utilisation of those final scraps. The final /22 is *intended* to be used as a migration tool to IPv6, and is a crucial tool at that. I consider it a Very Good Thing Indeed that this region had the foresight that IPv6 won’t happen overnight once IPv4 runs out** and as long as we’re still talking about IPv6 adoption and not IPv4 deprecation, that tool should be available for as many organisations as possible.
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> Finally, introducing this kind of change in policy at this point in time could well be argued as being anti-competitive and would end us up in a legal mess.
> 
> Remco
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> * So yes, dear chairs, please consider this e-mail to be against this proposal.
> **Technically we have already run out a number of times, depending on your definition. None of those events has been earth-shaking, or induced major migrations to IPv6.
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>> On 20 Oct 2015, at 14:46 , Marco Schmidt <mschmidt at ripe.net> wrote:
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>> Dear colleagues,
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>> A new RIPE Policy proposal, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria",
>> is now available for discussion.
>> 
>> The goal of this proposal is to allow LIRs to request an additional /22
>> IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC every 18 months.
>> 
>> You can find the full proposal at:
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>>   https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-05
>> 
>> We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to
>> <address-policy-wg at ripe.net> before 18 November 2015.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Marco Schmidt
>> Policy Development Officer
>> RIPE NCC
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