[arin-ppml] Encouraging IPv6 Transition

[Joel jaeggli]

On 5/16/12 07:47 , William Herrin wrote:
> On 5/16/12, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>> On May 16, 2012, at 5:34 AM, William Herrin wrote:
>>> On 5/16/12, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>>>> Looks to me like the current process is the best of the three even
>>>> without
>>>> the above correction to your analysis.
>>>
>>> Until you throw in the missing goal, the one we're discussing in this
>>> thread: Until IPv6 use is ubiquitous, barriers to acquiring
>>> technically needful IPv6 address assignments should be minimized to
>>> the maximum extent practical.
>>
>> To some extent, I agree with you. However, I don't believe that preemptive
>> assignments remove barriers so much as create an illusory consumption.
> 
> I think that's a fair difference of opinion. Short of trying it, I
> don't know that it's possible to prove it one way or another.

How many glop multicast addresses are you using?

I ran out, but I suspect I'm the outlier there.

> 
>>> ARIN policy on IPv6 assignment presents far fewer barriers than it did
>>> four years ago, but reasonable analysis grades any resource request
>>> from ARIN as "difficult."
>>
>> I disagree. It took  me less than an hour to prepare HE's subsequent
>> allocation request for ARIN and submit it. It took less than 48 hours
>> for ARIN to issue the requested /24.
>