[arin-discuss] Size Categories for IPv6.

[Aaron Hughes]

Personally, I really like the idea of following the nibbles better and not categorizing /32s as such small space. 15 regions of /36s (with one reserved for internal infrastructure) IMHO is not X-small. This also seems to be closer in alignment to the rest of the policy related to nibble round ups for justification. Additionally, the /36 (as a new minimum allocation) would allow those in X-small or Small categories to remain in the same price category while also having appropriately sized v6 allocations. 

(This, of course, would/should, grandfather those who received /32s (min allocation) and didn't really need that much, in the appropriate Small category)

I would propose the following:

X-small: /48 -> /35
Small: /36 -> /31
Medium: /32 -> /27
Large: /28 -> /23
X-large: /24 -> /19
XX-large: /20 and larger

Cheers,
Aaron

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 01:54:15PM -0600, cja at daydream.com wrote:
> There was a recent policy proposal (138) to try to change the size
> categories for IPv6 allocations.  It was abandoned by the AC because it is a
> pricing matter but I wanted to start up a discussion here to perhaps give
> ARIN guidance as to how the community feels about changing the sizes.
> 
> Currently the IPv6 size categories are
> 
> IPv6 Annual FeeS (NOTE: FEE WAIVERS IN EFFECT)Size CategoryFee (US
> Dollars)Block
> SizeX-small$1,250smaller than /40Small$2,250/40 to /32Medium$4,500/31 to /30
> Large$9,000/29 to /27X-large$18,000/26 to /22XX-large$36,000/22 and largerThe
> proposal was to change them as follows
> 
> X-small /32 or smaller
> Small /31 to /30
> Medium /29 to /27
> Large /26 to /24
> X-large /23 to /20
> XX-large /20 and larger
> 
> Thanks!
> ----Cathy

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