On Mar 18, 2013, at 3:41 PM, Andy Litzinger <andy.litzin...@theplatform.com>
wrote:
> We're looking at building into a DC in Europe this year and I wanted to run a
> few questions by the community and make sure I'm not too far off course.
> We currently have v4 space from ARIN and operate a multihomed datacenter in
> the US. This thread from September 2012, though the reverse of my situation,
> makes it seem like I should be able to work with ARIN to satisfy all of our
> v4 and v6 needs regardless of where in the world I plan to advertise the
> space. Obviously this would be really convenient for us since we already
> have a relationship with ARIN.
> http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2012-September/052137.html
Note that I am speaking here as an ARIN member and resource-recipient (PCH),
AND NOT as an ARIN board member. I have no inside track on the interpretation
of ARIN rules, and don't pretend to.
> So my questions are:
> * Is it ok/recommended to advertise v4 ARIN space (say a /23) to my upstream
> ISPs in Europe?
We do so, without any problems.
> * Is it ok/recommended to advertise v6 ARIN space to my upstream ISPs in
> Europe?
We do so, without any problems.
> * Should I use a single AS for both North America and European data centers?
We do so, without any problems.
HOWEVER, we've been told in the past that space received from ARIN and used
outside the ARIN region did not qualify as "utilization" for the purposes of
justifying new allocations, nor were locations outside the ARIN region entitled
to new allocations. We were told to get space for POPs outside of ARIN's
region from the other respective RIRs. And indeed, those other RIRs have, by
and large, been quite cooperative with giving us space for use within their
regions, even in the cases when we had no business incorporated entity within
their region.
This experience is two or three years old, now, so interpretation and policy
changes may have had some effect since then.
-Bill
