[afrinic-resource-policy-discuss] Re: [resource-policy]AfriNICPolicy Proposal: IPv6 ProviderIndependent (PI)Assignment forEnd-Sites

[Vincent Ngundi]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Ronald Nsubuga wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I think the policy is okay except how the recovery of unused  
> address space will be handled?
AfriNIC is coming up with a procedure for reclaiming unused v4  
address space (correct me if I'm wrong). The same or a similar  
procedure should be used to reclaim unsused v6 space. Maybe AfriNIC  
ought to give some insight on 'reclaim procedure'.

-v

>
> Regards
>
>
> On 2/13/07, Vincent Ngundi <vincent at kenic.or.ke> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks for your comments Andrew.
>
> On Feb 12, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Andrew Alston wrote:
> >
> > C.) Demand for IPv6 PI Space.
> >
> > At the moment we cannot really evaluate this, as lets face it, there
> > isn't much demand for IPv6 at all yet.  As the need for redundancy,
> > the
> > need for multi-homing, and the need for companies to be able to be
> > more
> > mobile in their provider choices increases, this demand could very
> > easily become apparent.  At the moment due to the high costs of
> > telecoms
> > on the African continent, how many companies can even afford to be
> > multi-homed or deploy that level of redundancy?  Perhaps as costs  
> come
> > down, this would change?
> >
> > D.) The RIR Revenue stream
> >
> > First of all, it's my strong opinion that if an RIR has to resort to
> > denying a service to the public in order to grow its revenue, there
> > is a
> > much larger problem than the problem of if the service should or
> > shouldn't be provided.  I believe that it is fundamentally flawed to
> > base the decision to allow or disallow P.I IPv6 space based on
> > revenue.
> > Are there not enough problems in the African Internet community with
> > regards insanely high costs, without attempting to find reasons to
> > force
> > ISP's who are already burdened with high costs to pay even more  
> money?
> > Yes, I fully understand that an RIR must be financially viable,  
> but I
> > really do not think that this decision should be based on the RIR's
> > economics.  After all, an RIR is a non-profit entity, and while  
> it has
> > running costs, there is a difference between growing revenue to stay
> > sustainable and defining policies based on generation of funds at  
> the
> > expense of the community for which the organization was created to
> > serve.
> >
> It's worth noting that for organisations that qualify to receive an
> IPv6 allocation, the first years' fees is waived. See http://
> www.afrinic.net/docs/billing/afcorp-fee200502.htm
>
> -v
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