Re: ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?

["Sean M. Doran" <smd () clock org>]

Karl Denninger writes:

|       Used previous allocation in < 3 months  = Add 2 bits to the size
|               (ie: Used a /19 in > 3 months, get a /17 next time)
|
|       Used previous allocation in < 6 months  = Add 1 bit to the size
|               (ie: Used a /19 in < 6 months, get a /18 next time)
|
|       Used previous allocation >= 6 months, <= 1 years = Same size
|
|       Used previous allocation >= 1 year = Decrease one bit size UNLESS
|               you were at a /19, in which case we give you another /19
|
...
| So we just got Mr. Big on the net - completely - with less than a half-dozen
| announcements. 

This RIPE-like scheme is an extremely good one, and it would
be a fantastic idea for ARIN to continue evolving towards an
allocation policy very much like this.

        Sean.