> On Jul 11, 2023, at 09:04, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > > >> On Jul 11, 2023, at 11:47 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> >> Actually, I couldn’t find anything in the NRPM which leads me to believe >> that there is any distinction in the documentation requirements for >> reassignment/reallocation regardless of associated connectivity. None of the >> policies seemed to specify this. As such, I would think that Connectivity >> Independent Leasing (CIL) and Connectivity Related Leasing (CRL) would be >> subject to exactly the same recording/reporting requirements. >> > > Owen – > > ARIN NRPM Section 4.2.3. "Reassigning and Reallocating Address Space to > Customers" utilizes the term “Downstream” in references to both downstream > end-users and downstream ISPs documentation requirements. > > As the community has historically interpreted the phrase “downstream" to > refer to connectivity customers (and further that the requirements documented > are applied in oder to have accurate operational utilization), ARIN continues > to interpret the policy as applicable to reissuance of resources to > connectivity customers. > > Of course, further policy clarity (whether to make clear that it does apply > to non-connectivity reassignments or to make clear it does not apply beyond > downstream customers) would be most welcome; I believe you are already aware > of the policy proposal submission process if you want to propose updating it > accordingly.
All of the organizations I know of that are leasing space apply the term downstream as it pertains to the issuance of the addresses regardless of the connectivity relationship. I suppose policy clarity here could be useful, but I suspect that just like ISPs, the situation will basically boil down to “those that want to comply will do so in good faith and others will not.” Owen
