[members-discuss] YNT: Re: YNT: Re: [comms] [ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Members and Multiple

Hello,
> On 17.02.2016, at 16:58, Ian Smith <ian at lothianbroadband.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm concerned about the direction this discussion is taking because it seems to be focusing on the behaviour of a tiny minority of members.  The majority of us would welcome the ability to obtain another /22 or two for legitimate purposes.
> 
> Any changes made to combat practices of a tiny minority of members may have unintended consequences for many and impact on small LIR's like mine.  

Thanks for your voice, the small LIRs did loose already in the introduction of flat fees,
now they have no chance to pull such a scheme (opening more LIRs). Larger LIRs could argue about a real devision of them starting to giving out (new) IPs, as they could, and they would get some.

But the problem still exists, that you could open another business, and open more LIRs, as long as there is somebody paying for access to IP addresses.
In the long run, only the big pockets have new IPs.
Maybe we need another “last /12” policy, to slow down adoption of IPs. 

Matthias