On Thursday, July 25, 2013, Tore Anderson wrote:
* Erik Bais
> If you think that the pool which we have left is only the final /8 that
> we are working into currently (185.x.y.z) I think that the assumption is
> incorrect.
It is incorrect indeed. This is one of the rather confusing things about
our current policy that 2013-03 aims to improve. Under 2013-03, the
phase "the last /8" is completely purged from the policy language.
Which I belive is a good thing.
> There is still space left at IANA
Yes roughly a /8 in bits an pieces according to IANA management at the last ICANN meeting.
and once the first RIR reaches below
> their /9 mark of their final /8 … from my understanding it is , that
> also that space is going to be allocated to the RIR’s .
>
> Also there will be reclaimed space from 2007-01 and closing LIR’s
> (forced or by people their own decision) and also that space all goes
> back into the same pool.
Both these statements are correct.
Is it really?
If we remove the needs based criteria will it then be returned to the NCC or put up for sale?
Hans Petter
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