[address-policy-wg] Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 2024-02 New Version Policy Proposal (IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 and extension to /28)

On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 09:48:11AM -0500, jordi.palet--- via address-policy-wg wrote: Hi Jordi,

Just a clarification. The change doesn???t change the ???default???. It change from /29 to /28 the prefix that you can request without additional justification, but you still can request a /32, /31, /30 or /29.

Despite the fact that the intention is different, the proposed change makes /28 the de facto default. According to RIPE NCC stats [1], in 2023 "90% of the initial allocations were /29 (instead of /32)". It looks to me like almost no one bothers to ask for something smaller. [1] Slide 3, https://ripe89.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/80-2024-02-RIPE-89-... Best, Piotr -- Piotr Strzyżewski