On Jun 25, 2014, at 08:42 , <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:04:17 -0700
> Andrew Dul <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The problem described below appears to be more related to the current
>> 3-month window for additional allocations, not necessarily the
>> utilization metric.  The 3-month window has had a number of
>> side-effects, some of which were not anticipated when that policy was
>> put in place.  With run-out in the region approaching rapidly we need to
>> turn our attention to the longer term policies which will support the
>> desires of the community (as best possible) through the transfer market
>> or other mechanisms.  Changing the utilization formula (for those
>> requests which do require a formal needs assessment) may be part of the
>> policy changes which are needed.
> Some of the problem of the formula are long standing.  If your last allocation
> was a /22 and you have a larger customer come to you with a legitimate and
> clear need for a /22 or /21 you have no way of getting it no matter what % 
> utilization
> is in the policy. It has always seemed to me, that "need" should have a lot 
> more to
> do with what you are going to do with the requested allocation, and what is 
> available
> in your current allocations, than some arbitrary utilization percentage. The
> problem is that ARIN would then have to get into network design arguments.

Actually, I believe that this circumstance is the reason that the immediate 
needs clause
exists.

4.2.1.6. Immediate need
If an ISP has an immediate need for address space, and can provide 
justification to show that the address space will be utilized within 30 days of 
the request, ARIN may issue a block of address space, not larger than a /16 nor 
smaller than ARIN's customary minimum allocation, to that organization. These 
cases are exceptional.

Perhaps, in practice, since it is located in principles (not sure how or why 
that occurred), and there isn't anything concrete stating that it should be 
treated as an exception to 4.2.4.1, it does not get implemented as I believe 
was intended. Staff would have to clarify that. If that is the case, it would 
be a relatively simple proposal to fix:

Amend section 4.2.4 by adding:
        4.2.4.5 Exceptional Cases of Immediate Need
                If a subscriber member has a customer who needs a larger block 
than remains in the subscriber member's
                free pool, then a request under section 4.2.1.6 shall apply as 
an exception to the requirements in 4.2.4.1.

> The argument that just removing the needs test for smaller allocations 
> entirely
> has some merit. The problem seems to be in defining what is small. A 
> compromise of /20 has
> been suggested and I think it's reasonable. Even though I support needs
> testing I can support removing it at a /20 and smaller.

I really think that removing the needs test is unlikely to gain consensus, even 
at the smaller point. There is clear resistance in the community to this idea 
and I expect that opposition will remain strong.

If people support the idea above, I'm happy to put it into a policy template 
and get it started in the process. If there is strong support, it can probably 
be moved through the process fairly quickly.

Owen

> 
> Larry Ash
> 
>> Andrew
>> On 6/24/2014 1:08 PM, Steven Ryerse wrote:
>>> This is the problem I'm trying to solve and why I've been so vocal about 
>>> it. 
>>> Steven Ryerse
>>> President
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>>> 770.656.1460 - Cell
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>>> 
>>> â„  Eclipse Networks, Inc.
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>>> Behalf Of Tim Gimmel
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:04 PM
>>> To: [email protected] List
>>> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Policy discussion - Method of 
>>> calculatingutilization ARIN-2014-17
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> The problem is that the current process has disenfranchised smaller 
>>>> companies who are somewhat frequently requesting space under the 3 month 
>>>> need projection and are ending up with many /22's, /21's etc instead of 
>>>> the /20 or /19 that would have been possible prior to austerity measures.
>>>> To make matters worse, it does not seem that such companies are 
>>>> substantially represented on PPML so it is creating an illusion that the 
>>>> policy is not necessary or would not be supported by the community at 
>>>> large (outside of PPML).
>>>> 
>>> This is exactly what is happening, for example I have 4 /20's and a /19 
>>> from earlier days, but now I have 7 /21's and that is the most I will ever 
>>> be able to request.  We are using every possible way to keep IPv4 usage 
>>> down.
>>> 
>>> --Tim
>>> 
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