On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 3:16 PM Kai 'wusel' Siering <wusel+ml@uu.org> wrote:
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).
In that case, IPv4 is "basically useless" from a business point of view. But that statement is provably false. Additionally, a lot of business is about providing services that are *not* connectivity-based, to a lot of customers. Additionally, a lot of connectivity services can be provided via NAT. And so on. This line of argument is not fruitful, sorry. Please abandon it. -- Jan