[AfriNIC-rpd] Proposal: Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion now online

[Leo Vegoda]

On Aug 29, 2010, at 8:45 AM, McTim wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Douglas Onyango <ondouglas at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am in support of the proposal too, just a few observations:-
> 
> >Pool will be divided on CIDR boundaries and distributed evenly to all
> > eligible RIRs
> 
> I find this directly contradictory to reference to base allocations on "need" or do i have my definition of "even" wrong?
> 
> RIRs allocate based on need. IANA allocates to RIRs when the RIR has used ~80 of its previous /8 IIRC.  

It's actually if they have less than a /9 left or not enough space for the next nine months, based on how they have allocated over the last six months.

http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-IPv4-rirs.html

Regards,

Leo