I don’t feel the need for every use case to be set in stone, but I do think that there are better ways to address this.
Is there any reason that adding the following to the existing policy would be unacceptable to you?
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or an organization which has received an assignment or allocation from APNIC and has not previously obtained an ASN may obtain one ASN upon request for purposes of setting up peering for their network with one or more other other autonomous systems.
It just feels like nitpicking and moving chairs around. I actually trust the Secretariat to do the right thing when allocating resources. We're also talking about a resource where there are over 4.1 billion ASN's still available... not that it should be a justification to wastage, but it is useful for context.
The APNIC stats are:
How many ASN - % of Membership
no ASN
34.06%
1
56.59%
2
5.55%
3
1.78%
4
0.77%
5
0.35%
6
0.28%
7
0.15%
8
0.04%
10
0.13%
more than 10
0.31%
I'm unsure why you guys want to see each and every use-case set in stone. I don't want to have to come back and do amendments picking on a word here or there because there has been an innovation in the way networks are operated.
I fully support the idea that this isn't a free-for-all.. but we need some flexibility in the community.
If said standard pre-existing procedure were subject to the PDP, I’d be fine with that.
However, that’s not what the wording implies. In the case of the IPv6 policy, I think this is less than desirable, but it’s not on the table in this discussion.
Certainly if someone proposed removing that wording from the IPv6 policy, I would support such a proposal.
Alternatively, a subsequent allocation may be provided where an organization (ISP/LIR) can demonstrate a valid reason for requiring the subsequent allocation. For guidelines on what will be considered a valid technical or other reason, see “APNIC guidelines for IPv6 allocation and assignment requests”.