Hi, On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 10:33:17AM -0800, David Conrad wrote:
Allocating IPv6 /24 now when we have "plenty" of IPv6 address space because it makes a particular protocol proposal more convenient is, in my view, simply repeating history. It is _the equivalent of_ allocating "class As".
The math *and* the economics disagree with you. IPv4 class A have been limited to 127 pieces, and they came for free. There's 2 million IPv6 /24s inside FP001, and they come with a yearly price tag, so "not everybody or their dog" are going to ask for one (and, as I said, I know at least one LIR who is most definitely not going to ask for one - so not even every LIR that does deploy IPv6 wants a /24). Gert Doering -- APWG chair -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 144438 SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279