Albert - 
 
  We’ll research into these questions and report back shortly.

Thanks!
/John

> On 17 Jul 2017, at 2:53 PM, hostmas...@uneedus.com wrote:
> 
> Just a couple of questions regarding the carrots and the sticks for the ARIN 
> staff:
> 
> Other than those who came back to change their initial /35 to a /32, how many 
> ARIN customers have come back for another allocation of IPv6 space because 
> they used the first one to the extent the rules require, which I think is 75% 
> of /48 block assignments.
> 
> And, how many customers have received a first allocation of IPv6?
> 
> Divide, and I can find out what percentage came back for more.
> 
> What I would like to know is my gut feeling correct, which is that after 
> receiving an allocation of IPv6, nearly nobody ever returns to the well for 
> more, or at least not like it was back in the IPv4 days when ARIN had IPv4 
> address space to allocate, and thus there are no sticks?
> 
> Another bit of info I would like to know if possible:  what percentage of 
> customers with a v6 allocation has actually put any of their assignments into 
> SWIP?  Since the current policy for SWIP in IPv6 is /64 or more, every 
> allocation should be there.
> 
> The answers are useful to determine as far as the documenting the assignment 
> for ARIN, how useful SWIP is for that purpose.
> 
> I have a /48 from 2 upstreams.  Only one is registered.  The other ISP does 
> not appear to have ANY SWIP entries, even though I have set up the network 
> with static v6 for at least a dozen customers, each of which received a /48.
> 
> Another "proxy" for to consider in deciding to SWIP or not might be the 
> delegation of the reverse DNS for the allocated block. If there is a 
> delegation, this is another way to find the technical contact other than SWIP 
> if there is a problem.
> 
> Albert Erdmann
> Network Administrator
> Paradise On Line Inc.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, David Farmer wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 2:11 PM, David R Huberman <dav...@panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Can you define voluntary?
>>>> 
>>>> Is the voluntary choice to record a reassignment
>>>> up to the USP?
>>>> 
>>>> Or does the choice belong to the end-user?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think that's a business decision the two parties make together. I think
>>> an ISP can choose to SWIP whatever it wants, and should do so with the
>>> consent of the end-user. I think an end-user should be able to demand a
>>> SWIP entry, and the ISP should generally comply.
>>> 
>> 
>> And if the ISP doesn't comply with the user's demand, can one of their
>> recourses be to appeal to ARIN?  Obviously, in a healthy market another,
>> and maybe more effective, option is to get another ISP.  However, not all
>> markets are healthy and too frequently users have only one realistic option
>> for an ISP, especially in rural areas.
>> 
>> I think it is important that if a user requests a SWIP from an ISP, and
>> they not given the SWIP, this should be at very least a technical violation
>> of ARIN policy.  Is ARIN going to revoke an ISP's address space because of
>> a single complaint from a user in this regard, of course not, but I would
>> expect ARIN to intercede with an ISP on behalf of the user.  However, if
>> there are repeated issues, especially large numbers of them, and if there
>> are other policy violations too, then I would expect harsher actions by
>> ARIN eventually.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> -- 
>> ===============================================
>> David Farmer               Email:far...@umn.edu
>> Networking & Telecommunication Services
>> Office of Information Technology
>> University of Minnesota
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