[members-discuss] Multiple LIR account mergers

Greetings,


On Wed, 2 May 2018, Adrian Bolster wrote:

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> The current rules are a good middle ground, however, as a relatively new ISP we can only access one /22 per LIR. Newer entities, such as us, do
> not have legacy IPv4 space which immediately inhibits growth and competition in the ISP marketplace.

It seems "legacy IPv4" space can also be achieved through the market...
   

> A fairer policy would be to allocate for a LIR?s justifiable needs,

That was the "pre-2012" era... :-)


> taking into account their current allocations; but for RIPE to retain an
> override on these allocations. By monitoring for any unused space it 
> would be possible to remove any unused to be recycled.

IPv4 space, whether we like it or not, has value.

There is no (global) routing authority, as there is no (global) usage 
authority, so this hipotetic "monitoring" has no real sense.
   

> Also, governments and larger organisations are sat on huge IPv4 real 
> estate

Which governments exactly?
Which "larger" (than what?) organisations exactly?

If it's "real estate", do you think anyone will hand it over for free?


> that is not in use.

This may be hard to determine, as addresses can be used in (semi-)private 
environments.


> This is another area that needs exploring.

I don't think so. Let's agree to disagree. :-)
   

> After all, IPv6 isn?t ubiquitous yet, so something constructive has to be done.

Yes -- Work to make IPv6 ubiquitous :-)  


Regards,
Carlos Friaças




> From: members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net> On Behalf Of William
> Sent: 01 May 2018 18:15
> To: Thomas Gallo - Nice Blue srl <thomas at niceblue.it>
> Cc: members-discuss at ripe.net
> Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Multiple LIR account mergers
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> As someone that would profit from this i am absolutely against it.
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> RIPE exists for specific reasons - selling out IPs is not one of them, and the legacy market as well as inter-RIR transfers cover the business
> needs at this time.
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> The current merger rules are a good middle way.
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> --
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> William Weber
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> Consulting, Security & Management - Tel-Aviv, Israel / Rijeka, Croatia
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> https://ip6.im - No RIPE LIR? Still read this email for some reason? Grab a /40 *free* IPv6 space for BGP usage. Or just get it anyway, can't hurt
> to have.
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> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 13:17, Thomas Gallo - Nice Blue srl <thomas at niceblue.it> wrote:
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>       YES! Probably this would be possible...
>       ...just setting the RIPE  sign-up fee of 4600 EUR that includes the first two years of membership in a non refoundable way   ( :
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>       Thomas
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>       Il 01/05/2018 10:45, Dmitry Vorozhtsov ha scritto:
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>       I think it would be great!
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> Best regards, Dmitry Vorozhtsov.
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> 2018-04-30 22:07 GMT+09:00 Aleksey Bulgakov <aleksbulgakov at gmail.com>:
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>       Hello, all.
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> What do you think if the NCC allow to merge accounts of the same company without 24 months restriction? 
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> I thing this question should be discussed on the RIPE meeting in Marseille.
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> Kind regards,
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> Alexey
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