Hi Marco, Could you please let me know how many organizations have 10 or more LIR accounts?
Thanks, Arash Naderpour On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 8:22 PM Marco Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > In the Address Policy Working Group sessions at RIPE 83, I shared our > observations regarding the IPv4 waiting list policy. [1] > > The intent of this policy was to provide newcomers with a minimal amount > of IPv4 space for as long as possible. However, about half of these > allocations went to members that received several /24 allocations via > multiple LIR accounts. > > As there was interest in reviewing the policy at the RIPE Meeting, I > would like to provide more detail on the provision of IPv4 allocations > over the last two years and the current situation with the waiting list. > > In the last 24 months, we provided 4,178 LIRs with a /24 allocation: > - 2,019 allocations (48%) went to members with a single LIR account > - 452 allocations (11%) went to members with 2-4 LIR accounts > - 298 allocations (7%) went to members with 5-9 LIR accounts and > - 1,409 allocations (34%) went to members with 10 or more LIR > accounts (up to 33 /24 allocations to a single member) > > This trend towards allocations to multiple LIR accounts has accelerated > in the past six months. Between June and November 2021, only 24% of > allocations went to members with a single LIR account, while 54% went to > members with 10 or more accounts. > > We see the same trend with the current waiting list. At the time of > writing, we can see 327 requests for a /24 allocation: > - 83 (25%) are from members with a single LIR account > - 42 (13%) are from members with 2-4 LIRs accounts > - 45 (14%) are from members with 5-9 LIR accounts > - 157 (48%) are from members with 10 or more LIR accounts > > Consequently, there is a significantly longer wait time for members with > a single LIR account. > > Looking at the current market prices for IPv4 in comparison to our > membership fees, even a wait time of several months is acceptable for > organisations that plan to transfer their allocation after the end of > the holding period. Conversely, the long wait time will create > uncertainty for real newcomers, especially if they can’t rely on > IPv6-only networks. > > I hope the WG finds this information useful for further discussion. If > there is consensus to change the current situation, there are several > approaches available – including a review of the waiting list policy and > changing ‘per LIR’ to something else. Other approaches, such as a > different charging scheme or changing the concept of multiple LIRs would > need to be approved by the RIPE NCC membership. > > Kind regards, > Marco Schmidt > Assistant Manager Registry Services > RIPE NCC > > [1] https://ripe83.ripe.net/archives/video/642/ > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change > your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/address-policy-wg >
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