[ppml] IPv6 Assignment Guidelines, Straw Man #2
Howard, W. Lee
Lee.Howard at stanleyassociates.com
Mon Aug 20 17:56:05 EDT 2007
> > If you assign /48s to customers and ISPs are given /32s by default,
> > you can have a maximum of 64K customers.
>
> ... and most ARIN members don't have that many customers.
What about the rest?
> Those that do mainly provide residential service and will be
> handing out /56's at most to those customers, giving them
Why would they? The current NRPM offers non-binding guidelines,
and a /48 is just as pretty as a /56.
In fact, giving out more addresses could be considered a business
differentiator; I would encourage my competitors (if I had any)
to give their customers less than I do.
Lee
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