I just had a thought.
What we're trying to do is to make sure there are IPv4 addresses available
to new entrants. We're trying to do this by making a LIR get one
post-exhaustion /22 each. The LIR fee is the limiting factor in trying to
stop people from getting many /22:s. People have been trying to game this,
by getting /22 and closing the LIR, thus avoiding the LIR fee. Changes in
the policy has been all about trying to limit transfers etc, setting
policy from what should happen with /22s, stopping transfers (so people
still have to pay LIR fees, one per /22 etc).
Since it's actually the post-exhaustion /22 we're after why not do this:
The post-exhaustion /22 comes with a fee that is equivalent to the LIR
fee. If a LIR contains one post-exhaustion /22, then this fee is waived.
Doesn't this just solve the problem everybody is arguing about? Now all of
a sudden it's not cheap to get multiple /22s, and we don't care any more
if people keep their LIRs open or not, it still costs the same.
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: [email protected]
