[arin-ppml] IPv6 policy: limitations on registrants?

[William Herrin]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM John Osmon <josmon at rigozsaurus.com> wrote:
> > Current qualifications for ARIN to assign an IPv6 /48 block for
> > off-Internet use is roughly:
> >
> > 1. Have 2000 hosts, or
> > 2. Submit a network plan explaining why ULA addresses are not good enough.
> >
> > More than a single /48 requires multiple sites and the above.
>
> When using IPv6 the trend has been to discourage counting hosts, but
> rather counting networks.  Is it too much to ask the policy to start
> drifting in the direction?

Hi John,

It looks like I over-simplified. Current policy is 2000 hosts OR 200
subnets. Is 200 the number we should be talking about? Should we be
talking about hosts at all, or just subnets?

Regards,
Bill