Hi Peter,Thinking out loud: We could also apply the "last /8 policy" to this. After it goes into effect, each LIR can request one and only one 16b ASN. 32b ASNs are allocated as normal (with the question asked, but not evalutated).I think that we are already beyond the point of handing out 1* 16b ASn to each LIR and there isn't that much left in the free pool I'm guessing .. ( that is my gut feeling .. ) But the NCC should be able to answer the total number in the RIPE pool ... Erik Bais