===== DIY-ISPs with LIR status =====

In the community there are some ISPs that have LIR status. They may offer services as LIR to other DIY-ISps. An incomplete list:

* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/at.funkfeuer.html|FunkFeuer]] (Austria)
* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/es.guifi-net.html|guifi.net]] (Spain)
* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/fr.gitoyen.html|gitoyen]] (France)
* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/fr.tetaneutralnet.html|tetaneutral.net]] (France)
* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/de.freifunkrl.html|Freifunk Rheinland]] (Germany)
* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/de.ecom.html|In-Ulm]] (Germany)
* [[https://www.ripe.net/membership/indices/data/ch.openfactory.html|Openfactory]] (Switzerland, Serbia)

===== To be documented: =====


* Role of IANA, the different RIR, LIR
* How to get an AS number?
* How to get IP (v4/v6) ranges?
* Does becoming LIR brings any advantage? How much does it cost?
* Difference between PI and PA allocation

There might already be some good explanations out there, we might not need to reinvent the wheel.