Yes, you could have shown up to discuss, present arguments , vote .... there many. meetings on this as well as ARIN email discussion threads. All the hot topics are always presented at nanog/arin meets in an effort to create community awareness and gather community interest. I attended ARIN only meetings where the rooms were full - this was a hot topic of ARIN meetings many times. Your point was brought up many times - that position was represented.
The process to get a big block is cumbersome...thus verizon went out to the open market to buy space. A notable verizon person attend an arin meeting and openly said so. And that was during late phase 2 or beginning of 3. So it's not that easy for a big company to get a big block. Bob Evans CTO > If you didn't like it, you could have participated in the rule making > where things like this were discussed at length, and voted on by the > "community" (which turned out to be a very few people who gave a shit). > > -- > TTFN, > patrick > > > On Apr 23, 2014, at 10:35, "Paul S." <cont...@winterei.se> wrote: >> >> Am I the only one who thinks this 'clench' is rather absurd especially >> right after one company pretty much got 1/4th of all remaining address >> space when there's such an insane crunch looming? >> >> Regardless of how large / important they are, that is. >> >> If anything, this is just gonna make things more difficult for smaller >> companies while larger ones roam free. >> >>> On 4/23/2014 åå¾ 11:04, John Curran wrote: >>> NANOGers - >>> >>> ARIN's regional IPv4 free pool has reached the equivalent of one /8 >>> of IPv4 space, >>> which means we are approaching runout of IPv4 space availability in >>> this region. >>> (See attached announcement from ARIN regarding occurrence of this >>> event) >>> >>> There are some changes to processing of requests as we enter this >>> final phase, >>> and obviously service providers ought to be thinking about >>> IPv6-based services, >>> if not already in deployment. >>> >>> FYI, >>> /John >>> >>> John Curran >>> President and CEO >>> ARIN >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> From: ARIN <i...@arin.net<mailto:i...@arin.net>> >>> Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Enters Phase Four of the IPv4 Countdown >>> Plan >>> Date: April 23, 2014 at 10:00:20 AM GMT-3 >>> To: arin-annou...@arin.net<mailto:arin-annou...@arin.net> >>> >>> ARIN is down to its final /8 of available space in its inventory and >>> has moved into Phase Four of its IPv4 Countdown Plan. All IPv4 requests >>> are now subject to Countdown Plan processes, so please review the >>> following details carefully. >>> >>> All IPv4 requests will be processed on a "First in, First out" basis, >>> and all requests of any size will be subject to team review, and >>> requests for /15 or larger will require department director approval. >>> ARIN's resource analysts will respond to tickets as they appear >>> chronologically in the queue. Each ticket response is treated as an >>> individual transaction, so the completion time of a single request may >>> vary based on customer response times and the number of requests >>> waiting in the queue. Because each correspondence will be processed in >>> sequence, it is possible that response times may exceed our usual >>> two-day turnaround. >>> >>> The hold period for returned, reclaimed, and revoked blocks is now >>> reduced to 60 days. All returned, revoked, and reclaimed IPv4 address >>> space will go back into the available pool when the 60 day period has >>> expired. Staff will continue to check routing/filtering on space being >>> reissued and will notify recipients if there are issues. >>> >>> When a request is approved, the recipient will have 60 days to complete >>> payment and/or an RSA. On the 61st day, the address space will be >>> released back to the available pool if payment and RSA are not >>> completed. >>> >>> We encourage you to visit the IPv4 Countdown Phase Four page at: >>> >>> https://www.arin.net/resources/request/countdown_phase4.html >>> >>> ARIN may experience situations where it can no longer fulfill >>> qualifying IPv4 requests due to a lack of inventory of the desired >>> block size. At that time, the requester may opt to accept the largest >>> available block size or they may ask to be placed on the Waiting List >>> for Unmet Requests. Full details about this process are available at: >>> >>> https://www.arin.net/resources/request/waiting_list.html >>> >>> Please contact hostmas...@arin.net or our Help Desk +1.703.227.0660 if >>> you have questions about these procedural changes. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Leslie Nobile >>> Director, Registration Services >>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ARIN-Announce >>> You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to >>> the ARIN Announce Mailing List (arin-annou...@arin.net). >>> Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: >>> http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce >>> Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues. >>> >> > >