Hi Steven,
That was my experience like over a decade ago - except that I was not
applying for IPv6 just IPv4 - of course back in those days we didn't
call it IPv4 we just called it IP - I called ARIN - talked to them -
answered a few more questions the hostmaster had - and the No turned
into
Then your issue is with how needs basis was being applied to IPv4 3 years ago
(and perhaps you also have issues with how it is currently being applied),
rather than needs basis in general.
Thus, your continued railing against all needs testing distracts from rather
than enabling work towards an
My experience was that I applied to ARIN for a /32 IPv6 block, a /22 IPv4 block
(the minimum at the time), and an ASN number. The online application asked me
some questions which I answered. Once it was processed I was notified that the
IPv6 block and the ASN number were allocated to me, and t
