One major advantage of working through a broker / auctioneer is that they can help you with this. Documentation and justification is a hidden cost. It’s not hard but it is arcane. The broker can help you phrase the explanation of your intended use in a way that doesn’t cause you difficulty when ARIN staff analyzes it for compliance with the many policies. And help you make inexpensive changes and additions which will align your intended use with those policies. All of which you really want to do before the first time you tell ARIN staff what you intend to do with the addresses. Cause it’s harder to turn a no into a yes than to get your ducks in a row so that it’s a yes the first time.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
Request it. We just got a /22 direct from ARIN yesterday.
There is currently a supply of IPs available from ARIN.
Otherwise your option is to buy at auction at a high expense.
For a /24, there’s also another option… Especially if you are doing a greenfield deployment…
Deploy IPv6. If you deploy IPv6, you can get a /24 of IPv4 space from ARIN under NRPM section 4.10 to facilitate your IPv6 deployment.
Owen
I’ve done it many times. I’ve got my own resources and I’ve also helped many clients through the process.
It really isn’t difficult. It can be a little tedious and a little time-consuming, especially if you’re needing to provide documentation
for a significant allocation (e.g. an IPv6 /24), but it’s still quite do-able.
Owen