On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:05 PM Noah <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 8 May 2023, 22:19 William Herrin, <[email protected]> wrote: > We are all aware that ISPs are generally LIRs and as such, > their downstream endusers/customers often time get assigned > small blocks like /24 based on need ontop of the connectivity > services they are provided by the ISP.
Some also end up being the source of the IP addresses but only a small source of the transit. Think: T1 and /24 from ISP A, gigabit ethernet from ISP B. I haven't counted but there are at least hundreds of these. I don't know how we write policy that disqualifies pretextual leasing (like Owen was talking about) without also disqualifying these longstanding and reasonable uses. >> Historically, a few ISPs even allowed some customers to keep their IP >> addresses when they left. > > Very few __and those IPs were transferred to those customers__ who then > became resource members through the RIR process. That is not accurate. > Unused address ought to be returned back to the RIR inventory for further > redistribution. A quarter of a century of RIR experience suggests that mostly doesn't happen. Hence the existence of a transfer market. Which does seem to work. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-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: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
