<div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>The ability to transfer PI space is long awaited by the community, but I'm a bit skeptical about it..</div><div><br></div><div>AFAIK there is a project active in RIPE NCC, which is about retrieving unused PI space.</div>
<div><font>I</font><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.600000381469727px">f I'm not wrong, that space is still reserved and in quarantine.</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.600000381469727px">Wouldn't this policy change, affect the rate at which PI assignments are returned to RIPE NCC?</span><br>
</div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.600000381469727px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.600000381469727px"><font color="#000000">I believe that the current "unofficial" PI space trade is because there is no other way to get it legitimately.</font></span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.600000381469727px">Why not consider to re-allow PI assignments from the returned space, instead of allowing PI transfers?</span><br>
</div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">The unused PI space will eventually be returned to RIPE NCC, isn't it?</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">As I see it, this policy change rewards the end users who don'tĀ fulfill their contractual obligations and don'tĀ return their unused PI space.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">What would we say to those users who decided to honor their contract?</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">The only benefit I see is that more PI space will change hands, since the end user has financial benefit to do that.</font></div><div>
<font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">Of course that will lead to great de-aggregation and work load for the RIPE NCC..</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">So, I don't agree nor oppose to this proposal yet.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">I'll wait to see the comments of the rest in order to make my mind.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_extra">George</div></div>