On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Mike Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > May I point out that despite reciprocity with APNIC, almost no addresses > have flowed from APNIC to ARIN? I think less than a /17 in aggregate since > the first interregional transfer in 2012. > > You are correct in your expectation that actual transfers aren't > symmetrical, because they respond to market forces. > > As far as this policy opening the door or setting a dangerous precedent, may > I point out that this one-way policy has been operational for years > regarding certain Asian NIRs, and the precedent has not proved dangerous.
Yeah. Market forces. The APNIC NIR non-reciprocity scam has nothing to do with the imbalance. > I talked to some LACNIC members who expressed an unusual fear to me, a fear > based on the difference in economic realities in the Southern versus the > Northern Hemisphere in the Americas. The fear was that poorer LACNIC members > would decide to re-engineer their networks to take maximum advantage of > CGNAT for the purposes of selling their addresses, and the fear is that > these sales will be to the richer regions of the world, resulting in outflow > and degraded local Internet. Thus a potential danger is present in some > minds which a unidirectional policy would obviate. LACNIC need not participate in cross-region transfers. Every free trade agreement between has been to our southern neighbors' benefit. If they don't want another, why should that be our problem? Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> _______________________________________________ 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.
