Hi Daniel, Thanks for your feedback. You are correct, the answer to the question 'why PI' doesn’t have any impact on the outcome of the request, as there are no special (other than contractual ones) requirements linked to IPv6 PI. At the same time, the answers to the question 'why PI’ are currently being used to understand the user’s request, especially when this is for multiple /48’s, or when a user requests a PI assignment while actually needing an allocation. We’re in the process of reviewing our request forms and answering this field will be made optional in the LIR Portal. I hope this clarifies. Best regards, Andrea Cima RIPE NCC On 23/6/14 03:21, Daniel Roesen wrote:

Hi,

could someone explain the rationale that the "why-pi" question is still in the IPv6 PI request form? Given that since acceptance and implementation of 2011-02 there are no special requirements attached to IPv6 PI anymore (other than the bureaucracy), I see absolutely no point in having people explain "why PA address space cannot be used for this assignment". The obvious, totally acceptable yet completely superfluous answer would be "because PA is not provider independent".

I'd suggest to simply remove this "why-pi" question from the request form and supporting notes. :-)

Best regards, Daniel