Hi Andrea, [...]
According to our experience only LIRs that needed a block much larger than /29 found it worth the effort to return their /32.
I don't know how I should understand you statement. Should I take it to mean that the policy is impeding LIRs who would otherwise qualify for larger allocations from getting them because they will have to renumber their whole network? Or something else?
There are a number of LIRs who received a /32 in the past who later realise that they might have qualified for a larger initial allocation. We allow these LIRs to return their /32 and then evaluate their request based on the data they submit.
In the event that the LIR plans to qualify for an allocation that will fit inside the /29 you have reserved for them, do you allow them to receive a block from the same /29? That is, do you allow them to do the "return and new initial allocation" as a book keeping exercise or will they normally need to renumber? Thanks, Leo