Hi, On 05/02/2021 16:43, Owen DeLong wrote: > Originally, the space was used for some rather specialized connectivity > services. Due to changes in the market and the legal environment, those > services became less lucrative and the organization pivoted. > > Hardly any organization that has been in this business for more than 10 > years is using every address they have for the exact purpose for which > it was approved.
True. And i just stumbled upon many sections in https://afrinic.net/membership/agreements?lang=en#rsa where this is not permitted [1] So I view this as you advocating a "flexible" interpretation... ^^^^^^^^ > None the less, delegating addresses to customers for their legitimate > use as unique internet addresses remains the primary purpose of any IR > whether it be regional, national, or local. here comes the danger of mixing LIR and non-LIR ... > There exists no requirement in policy that such delegations involve > connectivity services. For LIR: [1] > In fact, no RIR provides connectivity services to > any of the organizations it issues addresses to. I think noone was talking about RIRs [2] > Certainly, if such a requirement were intended, it could have been > written into the policy. ... and here I see a more strict interpretation.... ^^^^^^ Frank [1] The Applicant hereby irrevocably: (i) Commits itself to using the services solely for the purpose for which it was requested. [2] https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/community-discuss/2021-February/003901.html > FWIW, an LIR in Afrinic documentation means: “Any Network Operator > that provides Internet services to distinct end-users and end-sites.” > In the same context, LIRs are allocated IPv4 space of type Provider > Aggregatable “Allocated PA”. Yes. (that's your paragraph I responded to) _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
