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Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
in a previous message I did say that I expected to see a few flying
tomatoes towards me, just because I am a broker of IP addresses when
coming up with this proposal.<br>
However, the low level of personal attacks I have seen on this
mailing list in the past few weeks have made me wonder how pathetic
some people can actually be...<br>
<br>
I would like to thank everyone that defended me on the mailing list,
people that do understand why I have sent in this policy proposal,
people that know me since I first joined this community more than 10
years ago. I would also like to thank the chairs for stepping in to
stop the pathetic attacks to my person and to my business. <br>
<br>
Because some have questioned why I have sent in this request, I
would like to clarify some things:<br>
<br>
1. IPv4 Brokers do not make their money from the /22s they broker.
Actually, we sometimes broker /22s (or smaller prefixes) even if we
lose money just to help a customer. We normally make a commission
from the total transaction price and brokering anything below a /21
means (most of the times) working for free or for a loss. My
business has nothing to do with this policy proposal. Actually, if I
would care for my business and for making a profit from anything, I
should oppose to such a proposal. This policy proposal has been sent
because for more than 7 years I have worked at the RIPE NCC and they
have injected me with some kind of serum that 'forces' me to do good
deeds for the community and for the well being of the Internet :-)<br>
<br>
2. This policy proposal has been made after the lengthy discussion
at the RIPE Meeting in London and after noticing that the RIPE NCC
keeps presenting to the AP-WG that the 'last /8 policy' is being
abused by a handful of people. In a previous message I have already
pointed to the recordings of those discussions and Andrea's
presentation.<br>
<br>
3. This policy proposal does not attempt to fix the 'bug' that
allows a company/person to open multiple LIRs and receive multiple
/22s (by way of merger). This bug exists and is well know. It was
even mentioned in the rationale and the impact analysis of '2010-02
- the last /8 policy proposal' [1]. <br>
<br>
4. This policy proposal attempts to fix the problem raised by the
RIPE NCC where a company/person opens an LIR, receives a /22,
transfers the /22 and restarts the process, thus requesting the /22
with the only purpose to 'transfer' it. The usage of the /22s should
be restricted - as the 'last /8 policy proposal aimed' - to the
companies that need a bit of IP addresses to operate in a 'still
predominant' IPv4 world. I have seen cases where the /22 from the
last /8 has been received and transferred in the same day. This
'business style' not only violates the RIPE Policies and the spirit
of the 'last /8 policy proposal' [1] but also shows that some only
want to make money by abusing the system. This must stop and that is
why this policy proposal was sent in.<br>
<br>
5. I am upset to see that a co-national (mr Gabriel Voitis from
Infinity Telecom) has decided to publicly attack me on this mailing
list and I have decided to basically ignore all of his messages, I
will not respond to his pathetic attacks. I believe that a company
founded in 2011 (with 0 employees since) should just be ignored.
Actually, I would like to ask the Chair of the WG to request the
removal of Mr Gabriel Voitis (or anyone else that lowers himself at
that level) from the mailing list if he continues with his personal
attacks towards me or towards my business. <br>
<br>
6. I am also awaiting Marco's Impact Analysis to discuss this policy
proposal further. This will be my last message before the Impact
Analysis is published.<br>
<br>
7. Lastly, I welcome the discussion about the size of the allocation
from the last /8. I have actually asked Gert to give us a few
minutes during the AP-WG meeting in Amsterdam to discuss further.
Radu, I will try to get in contact with you as I like most of the
ideas you have sent to this mailing list and maybe we can come up
with a nice presentation for RIPE70.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Elvis<br>
<br>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2010-02">https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2010-02</a><br>
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