On 18 June 2012 17:56, Dean Pemberton
<nznog@deanpemberton.com> wrote:
Hi All,
ARIN (the North American equivalent of APNIC) has just passed some new
policy which has an impact for organisations in this region.
There were three policies passed:
ARIN-2011-1: ARIN Inter-RIR Transfers
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2011_1.html
ARIN-2012-1: Clarifying requirements for IPv4 transfers
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2012_1.html
ARIN-2012-3: ASN Transfers
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2012_3.html
The impact for users in this regions is that APNIC members are now
able to negotiate IPv4 Address Space transfers from organisations
within the North American region.
We have seen organisations in the ARIN region selling IP Address space
in the past (Nortel selling 666k addresses to Microsoft for 7.5
million) , infact ARIN now has specific policy surrounding how to deal
with a transfer in a bankruptcy scenario. � The tricky part was that
up until now they only allowed transfers to other members within the
ARIN region. �This meant that APNIC members were not able to get
access to these resources and pull them into their APNIC account (and
update the details around who currently holds them).
This has now been changed so that as long as you can demonstrate to
APNIC that you have a need for the addresses, and would have qualified
for them under the old allocation scheme (ie when they still had
addresses to give out), then you can transfer the numbers from the
ARIN member into the APNIC region.
This is generally considered a good thing. �Having all users on an
even footing is a step in the right direction.
Anyone wanting some more clarification then feel free to post (if you
think it's relevant to everyone) or mail me directly.
Regards,
Dean
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