On 03/05/2023 18:56, Brian Turnbow via members-discuss wrote:
What makes the pay per category model "A" as proposed impossible for me to vote for is it penalizes all long standing lirs. When I started working with Ripe you signed up completed the forms and a /19 was allocated, more if you could demonstrate need but /19 was default. You then requested an AS. Run out came along and you could get a last /22 together with your v6 allocation. So that adds up to a /19, /22, AS and /32(or /29) That should be the bare minimum for small as it is what any long standing lir has with Ripe, yet they would now find themselves in category 6 at the high end of the scale. It does not mean they have more revenues than a lir started in say 2018 with much less IP resources, just that they started first. Note that I am not talking about the company I work for, we have more resources than those stated above, but I know several companies that fit into the category.
Hello, Your example describes a LIR who got allocated more IPv4 than needed. In that case, they can return the extra to RIPE or sell it. This example is actually in favour of model A: more IPv4 will be made available. Sebastien Brossier