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This is important, because if the period of time is short enough, we could ask all LIRs to tell RIPE what their IP address requirements are month by month. Then RIPE can see how much the inventory is oversubscribed, and allocate the entire inventory at one time, dividing it up so that everyone runs out at the same time.
Why do this? So that we help ISPs who are providing IPv6 Internet access to get market penetration for their services by creating yet another media event. A scheme like a) allocate one fixed block size, or b) starve everyone equally, will result in everyone running out at different times. This makes it harder to get the attention of the market and sell IPv6 services in sufficient volume.
Two remarks on this: {this is more a formal one] (1) in a previous poll from Sander, we'd a large majority of comments against bundling IPv4 use with IPv6 (deployment). This looks like getting in through the backdoor. (2) changing run-rates will render your approach useless. And it is very likely, that run-rates will change at the end of life cycle. Regards, Andreas -- -- Andreas Schachtner afs Holding GmbH communication technologies & solutions http://afs-com.de/ Geschaeftsfuehrer Andreas Schachtner HRB 15448, Amtsgericht Dortmund