> On Apr 30, 2014, at 4:45 PM, Andrew Dul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4/30/2014 1:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> BUT: With the limitation of the transfer size to a /16 or smaller, it >> would take a lot of transfers to hoard. It would take 256 transfers to >> stockpile a /8. This is the 2nd means to prevent hoarding. Most >> companies wanting that many IP's would simply do needs justification. > It seems trivial to me to divide a /8 into /16s or any other smaller > block so I could transfer it without doing the needs justification. I > could write a script for the transfer templates and just send them off. > Once the legwork for the first transfer is complete, the rest should > just flow right through. Nothing I see in the current text or policy > prevents someone from taking a larger block and slicing it up to get > under the /16 limit. Since most of the brokers are out speculating that > these blocks have significant value it seems clear that if the large > players need them they will just be paying a staff person a few extra > hours to manage this overhead.
Current transfer policy operates on the *recipient* of the transfer. It requires that they meet their need with a single block, and prevents repeated transfers to circumvent that. Scott > > Does the current policy need to change? Yes. Do I think this policy > proposal is the right answer, No. > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
