Owen, But who determines 'if they need one' ? Them, or you (plural)?
I believe they should be able to determine that they need one and be able to get one based on that decision - not told how they should be doing their upstream connectivity at any particular time. ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Senior IP Broker* *v4Now - *an eintellego Networks service [email protected] ; www.v4now.com Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve facebook.com/v4now ; <http://twitter.com/networkceoau> linkedin.com/in/skeeve twitter.com/theispguy ; blog: www.theispguy.com IP Address Brokering - Introducing sellers and buyers On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 24, 2015, at 22:47 , Raphael Ho <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > All, > > > > I¹m having an offline discussion with Aftab, basically the issue he¹s > > trying to address is that new ISPs in small countries/cities may not meet > > the day 1 requirements for an ASN, but however should be eligible since > > they will require an ASN to peer/multihome at some point in the future > > (which I do agree) > > What is the disadvantage for them to get the ASN later, when they actually > need it? > > > Currently they all have to "commit fraud² in order to get an ASN, and I > > guess some religion takes that more seriously than others. > > They only have to commit fraud if they are determined to get an ASN before > they need one. > > > Would we the proposal be acceptable if we reworded the proposal to say > > something on the lines of > > > > ³Eligible LIRs with APNIC Assigned Portable addresses are also eligible > > for as ASN²? > > I think “an ASN” rather than “as ASN”, but I’d need to better understand > why they need one > ahead of time. What’s wrong with getting the ASN when you need it? > > Owen > > > * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy > * > _______________________________________________ > sig-policy mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy >
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