[arin-ppml] IPv6 /32 minimum for extra-small ISP
Joe Maimon
jmaimon at chl.com
Fri Apr 16 13:03:43 EDT 2010
Milton L Mueller wrote:
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> So the "every router" statement has now dwindled to "most large ISP
>> routers and about half of small ISP routers, which together compose
>> about 10% of the world's routers."
>>>
>>
>> Ah, yes, but without the routers in that 10% we wouldn't have
>> an Internet to even be discussing. They are more important
>> than the rest of the 90%.
>
> Of course. But facts matter. If you mean "the world's most important routers" say that. Don't say, "every router."
>
If you view it in dollars, it may also work out to most, as in most
dollars spent for routers intended to hold full tables from time of
purchase until depreciation.
I would expect this casts things in sufficient economic terms to render
it fit for academic study.
Joe
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