On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:39 PM, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
Bill, Is there a technically a restriction preventing swiping of this IP space when it's being rented? How is that different from an ISP swiping its customers that are renting bandwidth?
This is a difference between an "Allocated" block of addresses to an ISP and an "Assigned" network prefix belonging to a end-user. End-User Orgs typically lack technical ability to create re-assignment records showing a different organization, b/c they have IPs assigned for a specific network.... ISPs / Co-location providers who are ARIN members with Allocated addresses can Re-Allocate to a downstream ISP or Assign a network prefix from allocated space to a downstream End-user organization. An End user can likely show they're an ISP, join ARIN as an ISP member, & request Direct Assignments from ARIN be combined into new Allocations; If the character of the network changes, I would expect the new ISP may have to show information to ARIN establishing that the change to an ISP Allocation will be consistent with the NRPM requirements..... (Seeing as Assignments to End-Users and Allocations to ISPs have different policies for creation described in the NRPM, and there's no mention in the Policy they can be directly converted without a Transfer or Renumber/Consolidate or Return & renumber....)
-mel via cell -- -JH