On Dec 4, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Jose R. de la Cruz III <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
RE: ARIN-2015-8 4. Should End-Users who want to be able to re-assign records simply be required to become ISPs? --->No. Why should they? 5. Should the ISP/End-User distinction be eliminated (which is a bigger discussion outside the scope of the current problem statement)? ---> No. They are different type of business entities and should be serviced according to their needs. I have no comment either way regarding the particular policy proposal under discussion, but would like to provide some background that may aid in further consideration of the question: - The distinction between “end-user” and “ISP” is very clear in many cases, but not universally. Examples where it is less clear include university and college systems, large enterprises which may provide services to many entities of various degrees of affiliation (wholly-owned, partially-owned, joint entity, business partner), hosting/cloud/cdn providers (where the line between infrastructure and customer can be quite blurry at times), etc. - The desire to between ISP and End-User (or visa-versa) may be driven by fee or policy motivations, but we have seen an increase in end-users who wish to re-assign blocks in order to have more accurate information in the database regarding the actual address usage, particularly with respect to their geolocation data. Today ARIN tries to work with ISPs and end-users who wish to change their categorization, but understandly we lack clear guidance for what is becoming an increasingly blurry distinction. For additional context, refer to the ARIN 31 Policy Experience Report (where this issue was raised) - https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/nobile_policy.pdf Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
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