Mirjam Kuehne wrote:

Dear LIR-WG,

Here is an attempt to summarise the recent discussions on this mailing list regarding possible fixed size assignments.

Following a review of the comments, it looks like the majority does not believe that a special assignment policy is needed. Most contributors agreed that there is no need to make a distinction in policy relating to different access methods. All assignments should be made on actual needs and according to the current IP address policies.

The comments showed concerns about the administrative procedures required for these kinds of assignments. However, it was felt that these addresses need to be accounted for in some way. A possible way forward would be to initiate discussion surrounding the set of information necessary to justify these assignments while providing an efficient way for the LIRs to provide services to their customers.

How about some entries in the FAQ for these cases? Something along the lines I posted on Monday referring to similiar policies like dial-up and virtual webhosting. -- Andre

I realise that I did not touch on every aspect of the discussion but I hope that this is a fair summary in order for you to move forward Looking forward to a continuation of this debate.

Best Regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC