I agree with Wilfried about the re-iteration, but it is probably just a reflection of the fact that the devil is in the details and you encounter details when you try to actually translate paper into action. My questions so far have not been trying to find a way of giving any RIR arguments to fight against the deployment of IPv6 or anything else in the Internet. If the RIRs ever become a stumbling block for the development of the Internet you might just as well get rid of them (us). One thing the RIRs need, though, is a set of guidelines (policy) that is as clear as possible. Fuzziness leads to interpretations that might lead to a perception of unfairness. Currently, the policy refers to the concept of "site" which has been left intentionally "fuzzy". That is OK as a starting point, to be refined later, as we (all) gain experience. In practice, this fuzziness will be translated into acceptance of any definition of "site" that a requester puts forward. And each site is entitled to a /48 as per the IAB's recommendation, which seems to be widely accepted. Different ISPs will have different perceptions of what services they roll out to customers and how they position themselves in the market. That has always been the case, with ISPs or any other company, and an "IP allocation policy" should not attempt to dictate a business model. The only other criteria that is clearly set down in the current instance of the allocation policy is the number of sites the LIR expects to provide services to. Currently a minimum of 200 "planned" in a couple of years is the threshold. Fine. I understand this is a very flexible way of going about things, and probably a good one until there is a certain critical mass of IPv6 service providers. It also circumvents the need to discuss a "PI" policy now. Since the barrier is so low and refers to medium term plans, in practice almost any organization will be able to get an allocation. This last part, the "almost", is where I see people finding most of the problems. The difference between getting the allocation or not is not whether the organisation gets enough addresses, it is more likely related to the uncertainty of whether those addresses will be useful. In other words, if the routing announcements will make it throughout the whole IPv6 Internet without the need to do anything special. And we get to the magical word: multihoming. Organisations which fear not having their addresses routed when they multihome might generate requests that ensure they get a /32. If conservation is not a problem, this should also not be a problem. In practice the current policy is equivalent to the one suggested in January: When you have plans to use IPv6, become an LIR if you aren't one already. The RIR will register the numbers. Cheers, Joao