On Feb 5, 2011, at 5:57 AM, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
For the ARIN region, it would be nice to know how you'd like ARIN perform in the presence of such activity ("leasing" IP addresses by ISP not providing connectivity). It's possible that such is perfectly reasonable and to simply be ignored, it's also possible that such should be considered a fraudulent transfer and the resources reclaimed. At the end of the day, the policy is set by this community, and clarity over ambiguity is very helpful. ...
the practice predates ARIN by many years... FWIW...
Good to know; it makes its omission from RFC2050 even more significant and highlights the need for clear policy in this area. Ultimately, the question is simply how the operator community wishes to have this treated, and there should be alignment between that consensus and the number resource policy. /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN