Transfer Policy Proposal Survey [Archived]

The ARIN Advisory Council is working on an update to policy proposal 2008-2 for discussion online and at the ARIN XXII Public Policy Meeting in Los Angeles in October. The AC is already considering input from the Denver meeting, the Caribbean Sector meeting in Jamaica, from PPML and will include input from the upcoming September Caribbean Sector meeting in the Bahamas.

In an effort to obtain feedback from a wider audience, the AC invited all subscribers to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List to complete a survey, the results of which are presented below. The information gathered is presented to help the community determine whether any liberalized transfer policy is viable and if so, in what form.

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1. Should a transfer policy have an expiration date (i.e. 3 years after adoption)?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		44.5%	85
No		55.5%	106
	answered question		191
	skipped question		11

2. Should a transfer policy allow transfer of legacy space, ordinary allocations, or both?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Legacy		6.0%	12
Ordinary		11.9%	24
Both		82.1%	165
	answered question		201
	skipped question		1

3. If an address holder wants to transfer part of their legacy address holdings, should they be required to sign a Legacy RSA first?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		57.1%	113
No		42.9%	85
	answered question		198
	skipped question		4

4. How long must a recipient of space under the policy hold it before space can be transferred to another party?
		Response Percent	Response Count
2 years		27.9%	56
1 year		37.3%	75
6 months		10.9%	22
No time restriction		23.9%	48
	answered question		201
	skipped question		1

5. Should a policy require pre-qualification of address holders wishing to transfer space?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		51.0%	98
No		49.0%	94
	answered question		192
	skipped question		10

6. Should a policy require pre-qualification of address need for requesters wishing to receive space via the transfer policy?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		71.9%	143
No		28.1%	56
	answered question		199
	skipped question		3

7. Should ARIN staff be given discretion over limited deaggregation of blocks to be transferred in order to ensure an adequate supply of smaller blocks for those requesting space?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		74.6%	144
No		25.4%	49
	answered question		193
	skipped question		9

8. Should a current holder be allowed limited deaggregation, full deaggregation down to /22, or no deaggregation at all?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Limited deaggregation		58.0%	112
No limits		29.0%	56
No deaggregation		13.0%	25
	answered question		193
	skipped question		9

9. Should a requester be limited in how frequently they can request new address space (for example, in order to limit deaggregation)?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		53.0%	105
No		47.0%	93
	answered question		198
	skipped question		4

10. Should ARIN operate a voluntary listing service to help qualified address holders and requesters find one another?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		80.0%	160
No		20.0%	40
	answered question		200
	skipped question		2

11. Given a policy proposal consistent with your answers above, would you support a liberalized transfer policy?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		86.7%	169
No		13.3%	26
	answered question		195
	skipped question		7

Summary
Number of Persons Contacted (PPML Subscribers)			1,805
Number of Persons Responding			202
Percent Responding			11.19%