On 12/26/2014 4:33 PM, Matthew Petach wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:01 PM, John Springer <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi John, > > Thank you for the clear statement of opposition. Please allow me > to address the points you offer inline. > > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014, John Santos wrote: > > > Oppose 2014-14 > > 1) /16 is not "small" > > > This has actually been mentioned before, by several commentators. > The problem with "big" and "not "small"" is that they require > reference to a datum, which WRT to 2014-14 has not been provided. > Owen Delong provided a fair attempt to come to grips with what big > or small actually mean as percentages of the number and size of > transfers that have occured since the STLS policy was adopted in > 2009, here: > > > > > Hi John, > > I think it might help if we use the terms > XX-Small, X-Small, Small, etc. as defined > by ARIN themselves at > https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html > > This might help eliminate confusion, and allow > for some flexibility going forward; if we instead > of hard-coding a specific size, instead tie it to > the fee schedule, and say "only entities that > currently fall into the "Small" and below category > of the ARIN fee schedule (ie cumulative /18 or > less of total IPv4 holdings as of the 2013 fee > schedule) may obtain a single transfer allocation > of size not to exceed the largest allowed for an > XX-Small organization (which, as of the 2013 > fee schedule would mean a /22 or smaller)." > > Or perhaps keep it supremely simple: > "Any org-ID may obtain one transfer allocation > of size not to exceed the largest allocation > within the XX-Small category (currently a /22, > as of the 2013 fee schedule) per year without > requiring needs justification." > > That way, as our concept of ISP size shifts > and changes over time, so too does the > maximum needs-free allocation size.
I'm not in favor of linking the fee categories to number policy. The fees and its categories are under the control of the board; number policy is under control of the Internet community via the PDP. I believe the board's actions, to adjust fees, should not cause changes with number policy. Andrew
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