Shane,

On May 23, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Shane Kerr wrote:
> On Thursday, 2012-05-24 07:32:02 +0900,
> Randy Bush <randy@psg....> wrote:
>>> The need and the route origination must be in the RIPE NCC service
>>> region.
>>
>> ahem!  the ncc has repeatedly said over many years that it has nothing
>> to do with routing.
> I don't think this is true.

Actually, all the RIRs have said this.

> I think a more accurate claim is that the RIPE NCC has always said that
> they don't guarantee that any resource you are issued can be routed.

All the RIRs have also said this.

> So, you may need to meet certain routing requirements to qualify for
> resources.

Historically, this was _not_ the case.  Long, long ago, there was a bit of a dust up between the IAB and (at least some) RIR folks that resulted in RFC 1814. However, that was long ago and policies might have changed.

Regards,
-drc