3. Situation in other regions
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ARIN:
    It is not mandatory but optional to be multi-homed in order get ASN

For clarity, ARIN requires either Multihoming _OR_ a Unique Routing Policy.

4. Proposed policy solution
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    An organization is eligible for an ASN assignment if it:
     - Is planning to use it within next 6 months

I’d like to see something more stringent than this. This amounts to a Pez dispenser for ASNs.

I can claim I plan to do just about anything within 6 months.

Is there a problem with preserving the existing policy and simply clarifying that either of the two requirements being satisfied is sufficient?

That is, match the ARIN policy of Multihoming _OR_ a Unique Routing Policy?

5. Advantages / Disadvantages
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Advantages:

    Removing the mandatory multi-homing requirement from the policy will
    make sure that organizations are not tempted to provide wrong
    information in order to fulfil the criteria of eligibility.

Disadvantages:

    No disadvantage.

I disagree. I think putting ASNs into a Pez dispenser has numerous disadvantages.

While there are 4 billion ASNs, as we have seen demonstrated before, 4 billion is still a finite number.

Owen