Re: [address-policy-wg] Re: Revised 2007-01 set back to Review Phase (Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC)

[Gert Doering gert@localhost]

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:08:45AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Bernhard Schmidt:
> 
> > (PA has a recurring, for most networks not too small price tag
> > attached, PI is basically free)
> 
> Is there a way around the scoring algorithm I don't know about?

PI is currently scored in the year of assignment, and then never again,
so it's not "fully free", but after the initial cost, it is - so the
term "basically free" is appropriate.


You can see this from the yearly "charging scheme" documents, e.g. the
2008 charging scheme document lists:

------------------- quote ----------------------
The scoring system takes into account all:

    * IPv4 allocations
    * IPv6 allocations

 The scoring system also takes into account any of the following 
assignments made at the request of the member between 1 October 2006 
and 30 September 2007:

    * IPv4 Provider Independent (PI) assignments
    * IPv6 direct assignments
    * AS Number assignments
------------------- quote ----------------------

("IPv6 direct assignments" are IXP and name server prefixes)


As has been mentioned before: the address policy WG does not have the
power to actually decide on the final charging scheme.  We give input
to the AGM (= annual general meeting of all NCC members), and the AGM 
decides on the final charging scheme to be implemented.

So, regarding the *charging* component of 2007-01: the AGM can do this
without 2007-01, or they can decide to not do anything about it, even with 
2007-01 reaching consensus.

The main point of 2007-01 is the *contract* component - and this is
something the APWG needs to agree on.

Gert Doering
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