[address-policy-wg] 2016-03 New Policy Proposal (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

* Aled Morris

> So for all those people who argue we should be preserving the remaining
> address space in order to allow for new ISPs entering the market for as
> long as possible (which I agree with), we need to be realistic about end
> users who want (what was once called) PI space and not make the only
> option to be "become an LIR"

It's not the only option, PI blocks may still be acquired:

https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/transfers/ipv4/transfer-of-assigned-pi-space

https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-655#IPv6_PI_Assignments

> with the result that we erode the free pool faster
> (i.e. allocating /22 when a /24 would be more than adequate.)

The simplest way of slowing down the allocation rate is probably to
reduce the allocation size from /22 to either /23 or /24.

Tore