On 06.02.2019 14:36, garry@nethinks.com wrote:
[…] I'd rather hand that /21 as two /22 to two new LIRs instead of eight /24 to eight new LIRs, since a /24 is basically useless anyway. Especially if you have to wait 6 or more months for it. (Of course, /22 (in up to /24 slices) will mean a much longer waiting time, which makes IPv6 just more interessting. Or IPv4 brokers.) Why is a /24 useless?
Sorry for beeing too brief here: From my perspective, becoming an LIR implies the intend to provide service a lot of customers, and I don't see how a single /24 would suffice there. That's what I meant with "basically useless" (from a business point of view).
According to the 2019 billing scheme, this is still unchanged, though I reckon it does not apply to PA space:
"The separate charge of EUR 50 per Independent Number resource assignment will be continued. Independent number resources are: IPv4 and IPv6 PI assignments; Anycasting assignments; IPv4 and IPv6 IXP assignments;"
So fragmenting the /22 into /24s would not be of consequence to an LIR anyway, at least not financially. So strike my argument about that part.
Well, I'd like to debate whether a charge per /24 block held (so a /16 counts as 256 blocks) even for PA would "encourage" to return unnused space, but I doubt this is the place nor would this be approved by the GM anyway ;) -kai