[sig-policy] summary of prop-063 discussions on mailing list

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

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prop-063: Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to six
           months
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Dear SIG members

Below is a summary of discussions on the proposal to date. We encourage
you to continue discussions on the mailing list before Thursday's
Policy SIG.

Regards,

Randy and Jian


Proposal summary
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This is a proposal to change the timeframe APNIC uses to make IPv4
allocations to meet LIRs' needs from twelve months to six months.

Version 1 of the proposal received support in the APNIC 26 Policy SIG
but did not reach consensus. The proposal was returned to the Policy
SIG mailing list for further discussion after APNIC 26. A new version
of the proposal, incorporating the mailing list feedback was posted to
the Policy SIG mailing list on 17 February 2009.


Discussion statistics
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Version 2 posted to Policy SIG mailing list:   17 Feb 2009

Number of posts since APNIC 26:                11

Number of people participating in discussions: 5


Summary of discussion to date
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- There was concern expressed that version 1 of the proposal would
   disadvantage small ISPs that would not be able to justify use of a
   /22 within six months.

   - Version two addressed this concern by adding an exception for
     initial allocations.


- It was suggested to leave the window as it is (12 months) but do half
   the allocation of the aggregate (for example, a /19 of a justified
   /18) initially.  When the member returns in 6 months and confirms the
   usage, they  receive the remaining /19 and then adjust their route
   advertisement to the aggregate. It was suggested that the advantages
   of this approach were:

   - If an LIR doesn't return on the 6-month anniversary, the unused
     portion can be allocated elsewhere.
   - We can be sure that utilization of the first half of the aggregate
     meets the APNIC utilization rate (no large unused chunks)
   - APNIC won't be hit by unexpected requests that strain the concept
     of equitable distribution.


- It was questioned how this proposal would affect existing APNIC
   policies, workload and procedures.


Full details of the proposal, including links to previous discussions
of it, can be found at:

     http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-063-v002.html