On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 04:54:42PM +0000, John Curran wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> > My point being, the leasing of IP space to non-connectivity customers is
> > already well established, whether it's technically permitted by the
> > [ir]relevant RIRs. I fully expect this to continue and spread. Eventually,
> > holders of large legacy blocks will realize they can make good money acting
> > as an LIR, leasing portions of their unused space to people who need it and
> > can't get it, want it and don't qualify, etc.
> >
> > These start-up LIRs won't be bound by RIR policies, both because in some
> > cases they'll be legacy space holders with no RSA with their region's RIR,
> > and because they won't be worried about eligibility for future RIR
> > allocations of v4 space...because there won't be any.
>
> For the ARIN region, it would be nice to know how you'd like ARIN perform
> in the presence of such activity ("leasing" IP addresses by ISP not providing
> connectivity). It's possible that such is perfectly reasonable and to simply
> be ignored, it's also possible that such should be considered a fraudulent
> transfer and the resources reclaimed. At the end of the day, the policy is
> set by this community, and clarity over ambiguity is very helpful.
>
> Policy proposal process: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>
> Thanks!
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
the practice predates ARIN by many years... FWIW...
--bill
