On 2016 Apr 15 (Fri) at 10:41:56 +0200 (+0200), Gert Doering wrote: :Hi, : :On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 05:23:11PM +0100, Aled Morris wrote: :> The other objection (Jim) seems to be "we should be all-out promoting IPv6" :> which I think is a laudable goal but unfortunately when used against :> proposals like this one means that more recent LIRs are disadvantaged :> against established companies with large pools of IPv4 to fall back on. It :> simply isn't possible, today, to build an ISP on an IPv6-only proposition. : :Please do not forget the fact that small LIRs are not *disadvantaged* :by this policy, but actually *advantaged*. : :If we didn't have this policy, but just ran out like ARIN did, small :startup LIRs today would not be able to get *anything*. Now they can :get a /22. Is that enough? No. Can we fix it, without taking away :space that *other* small LIRs might want to have, in a few years time? : :Gert Doering : -- APWG chair This was exactly what happened to me at a previous job, and I am very happy that we were able to receive even a small-ish allocation of IPs. -- Hanson's Treatment of Time: There are never enough hours in a day, but always too many days before Saturday.