Hi, My understanding based on conversations with RIPE NCC is slightly different. The initial allocation is made based purely on number of subscribers, and does not take HD ratio into account. (I argued this extensively when applying for our initial allocation). This is more restrictive than the policies for obtaining an additional allocation. Bran.
Hi Ivan,
Let me try to understand:
(A) We don't disagree that he might actually deserve more than /32 (B) According to my understanding of previous discussions I had on this topic, RIPE might actually have already reserved extra space >for his future needs (C) According to the current rules he can't get another /32 for a total of /31 without using most of the current /32 (and hoping his >next /32 will be adjacent) (D) Someone is seriously suggesting he returns the current /32 and asks for a brand new /31 which he will likely get.
All correct. The current policy doesn't permit the RIPE NCC to give out extra address space for an existing allocation until the HD ratio >has been reached. They are allowed to give more than a /32 when someone requests a new allocation though. I have had this same issue and >I got the same answer.
After reading the policies with this in mind I can only conclude that the RIPE NCC is implementing the policy correctly. If we want the >NCC to do something else someone has to write a policy proposal.
Thanks, Sander
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