Please keep in mind this policy is a result of discussions held at the ARIN public policy meeting in Calgary earlier this year. The policy does state ARIN will accept IP-based hosting as justification for an allocation if an exception is warranted. ARIN is looking to the community to define these exceptions and finds the discussions being held here to be very helpful. This information will be included in the policy discussion at the upcoming ARIN public policy meeting. These discussions may create changes to the current policy, perhaps by clearly defining a list of exceptions, or may even eliminate the new policy altogether. Your feedback on this mailing list and at the upcoming public policy meeting is important. Information about the upcoming public policy meeting can be found at: http://www.arin.net/announcements/memmeet.html Best Regards, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)