<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Feb 13, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Ronald Nsubuga wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>Hi all,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the policy is okay except how the recovery of unused address space will be handled?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>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'.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-v</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards<BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 2/13/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Vincent Ngundi</B> <<A href="mailto:vincent@kenic.or.ke">vincent@kenic.or.ke</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi All,<BR><BR>Thanks for your comments Andrew.<BR><BR>On Feb 12, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Andrew Alston wrote:<BR> ><BR>> C.) Demand for IPv6 PI Space.<BR>><BR>> At the moment we cannot really evaluate this, as lets face it, there<BR>> isn't much demand for IPv6 at all yet. As the need for redundancy,<BR>> the<BR> > need for multi-homing, and the need for companies to be able to be<BR>> more<BR>> mobile in their provider choices increases, this demand could very<BR>> easily become apparent. At the moment due to the high costs of <BR>> telecoms<BR>> on the African continent, how many companies can even afford to be<BR>> multi-homed or deploy that level of redundancy? Perhaps as costs come<BR>> down, this would change?<BR>><BR>> D.) The RIR Revenue stream <BR>><BR>> First of all, it's my strong opinion that if an RIR has to resort to<BR>> denying a service to the public in order to grow its revenue, there<BR>> is a<BR>> much larger problem than the problem of if the service should or <BR>> shouldn't be provided. I believe that it is fundamentally flawed to<BR>> base the decision to allow or disallow P.I IPv6 space based on<BR>> revenue.<BR>> Are there not enough problems in the African Internet community with <BR>> regards insanely high costs, without attempting to find reasons to<BR>> force<BR>> ISP's who are already burdened with high costs to pay even more money?<BR>> Yes, I fully understand that an RIR must be financially viable, but I <BR>> really do not think that this decision should be based on the RIR's<BR>> economics. After all, an RIR is a non-profit entity, and while it has<BR>> running costs, there is a difference between growing revenue to stay <BR>> sustainable and defining policies based on generation of funds at the<BR>> expense of the community for which the organization was created to<BR>> serve.<BR>><BR>It's worth noting that for organisations that qualify to receive an <BR>IPv6 allocation, the first years' fees is waived. See http://<BR><A href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/billing/afcorp-fee200502.htm">www.afrinic.net/docs/billing/afcorp-fee200502.htm</A><BR><BR>-v<BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>rpd mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</A><BR><A href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> <BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>rn<BR>---------<BR>A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.<BR>Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text?<BR>- -- <A href="http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/">http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/ </A><BR>---------------------------------------------- <DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">rpd mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>