poole@eunet.ch writes:
As I've pointed out before, the real problem lies in expectations the people have with respect to address allocation. These expectations are formed -long- before they actually contact a local-IR.
What we need are rules that are:
- stable (do not change every 6 months).
I contest that the general rules are changing that quickly. We are refining bits as necessary but we do not change the general rules.
- are published (that does -not- mean an announcement of yet another Ripe document on a Ripe mailing list) and announced to a large audience.
What can we do more than publish them as RIPE documents? We do not have the resources for PR and frankly I think it is not going to change much at all. A significant amount of requests is still received by SRI although the InterNIC has done quite some PR and there have been two different organisations doing it in the interim.
- have support in the whole Internet community (with other words: are the same in the US)..
We are working on that. But if we want consensus before doing anything, forget it. I strongly belive we should not be wasteful just because someone else is. Think globally, act locally. Of course I am also very open for the needs of *European* ISPs. We shouldn't damage our industry either.
I would not blame people that have applied for address space over the last three years for coming to the conclusion that the policy is essentially random.
I have never had that complaint. Many people commented that it was getting more difficult to obtain address space. That is not random! Also everyone I talked to understood the reasons and did not object to the policy as such. Of course many objected to it being applied to themselves.... .