Hi Pekka, Sorry, but I can't agree with this. I provided the example of small ISPs, that have less than 200 customers for IPv4. So are we limiting those small ISPs (that may have a complete own infrastructure, even international peerings/links, etc.) and their customers from using IPv6 ? Some of this small ISPs survive because they provide service to a reduced set of companies, but BIG companies ... So the size of the ISP doesn't mean necessarily that the addressing space they may need is not big ! Just look to other RIRs ... Regards, Jordi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pekka Savola" <pekkas@netcore.fi> To: "Gert Doering" <gert@space.net> Cc: "Laura Cobley" <laura@ripe.net>; <address-policy-wg@ripe.net> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] IPv6 Policy Clarification - Initial allocation criteria "d)"
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Gert Doering wrote:
- try to come up with new rules for the allocation criteria, dropping the 200-assignments part, and integrate whatever is necessary to balance the remainder.
Wasn't pretty much all of this (except one comment) based on the misconception that you'd actually have to have 200 IPv6 customers, not that you would have *potential* IPv6 customers (i.e: v4 customers, and you willing to give them service)?
So I don't think there was such a strong need for removeing the rule, just if we clarified it sufficiently so that people would not (again!) interpret it too strongly.
-- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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