[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Members and Multiple LIR Accounts - Please Discuss

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 05:15:13PM +0100, h.lu at anytimechinese.com wrote:
>> I think one thing need to be clarified here, if I am not mistaken, Gert and Sander should confirm this as well, how many LIR can a single entity open is an member issue, how many IP each LIR get, should LIR return address, should v4 allocation request to have v6 in place first etc, is an policy issue need to be discussed in policy mailing list.
>
> Right.
>
> (And as such, I follow this discussion with some mild amusement - very
> engaged, and most of it totally missing the question asked).
>
> For the record: the policy we have seems to work as it was designed, namely,
> "new LIRs can still get IPv4 addresses".  Can they get as much as they want?
> No.  Would they get as much as they want if we loosen up the policy?  No(!).
> Would that hurt later entrants into the market?  Yes.
>
> Thus, I think the NCC should not permit single entities to open up multiple
> LIRs to weasel around policy restrictions.

+1


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