From the little I've seen / read regarding IPv6 I get the impression that people are starting to think of a IPv6 /48 in the same light as a IPv4 /24.
As such a /56 will fall into the same hole as longer IPv4 prefix's in that no one wants to carry them. Please tell me this isn't the impression other people are starting to get Timothy -----Original Message----- From: address-policy-wg-admin@ripe.net [mailto:address-policy-wg-admin@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Filiz Yilmaz Sent: 15 January 2008 16:14 To: policy-announce@ripe.net Cc: Lutz Donnerhacke; address-policy-wg@ripe.net Subject: [address-policy-wg] 2008-01 New Policy Proposal (Assigning IPv6 PI to Every Inetnum Holder) PDP Number: 2008-01 Assigning IPv6 PI to Every Inetnum Holder Dear Colleagues, A new RIPE Policy Proposal has been made and is now available for discussion. With the acceptance of this proposal, the RIPE NCC will conduct a one-time operation to assign a /56 IPv6 PI prefix to all End Users with an IPv4 assignment registered in the RIPE Database. You can find the full proposal at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2008-01.html We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to <address-policy-wg@ripe.net> before 12 February 2008. Regards Filiz Yilmaz RIPE NCC Policy Development Officer