[address-policy-wg] Re: [ncc-services-wg] Complaint: Overly complicated when requesting PI space

* Jeroen Wunnink:

> Yes of course he can become a LIR, but that's a lot more expensive for
> him.

How does that change anything?  For PA space, he'd have to demonstrate
a need for a /21, not just for a /24, which is more difficult.

I used to think that you'd get your initial assignment with basically
no questions asked because you can't run an ISP without addresses and
it's difficult to predict address space requirements without any
experience, but this isn't the case.  Of course, the net effect is
that RIPE receives rather optimistic business plans because new LIRs
need to somehow fullfil the minimum size requirements posed by RIPE
NCC, or your LIR status is totally pointless.

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