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

* Gert Doering:

> As a LIR, to receive PA space, all you need to document is the wish to
> assign addresses to your customers (or to your infrastructure).
>
> "Demonstrate need for the whole initial PA allocation" is a thing we had 
> in the policy for a while, but got rid of that about 5 years ago (because
> all it did was "make startup ISPs go for multiple PI instead").
>
> Please do not post outdated policy information.

Gert, perhaps it will surprise you, but we've turned LIR only very
recently. 8-) My comment wasn't about policy, but about policy as
implemented by RIPE NCC.

I was as surprised as you apparently are---the information available
to us before gaining LIR status and requesting initial assignment did
not document any minimum size requirement or growth expectations for
LIRs.  (Thanks for confirming that, by the way.)

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