Hi, On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:00:25AM +1200, Andy Linton wrote:
Perhaps one option is to look to intoduce a policy like the one which is currently in final call in the APNIC region. It's prop-073: Simplifying allocation/assignment of IPv6 to APNIC members with existing IPv4 addresses http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-073
Terry Manderson and I pushed for this when we realised that a number of people had misconceptions about how difficult it is to get IPv6 address space.
Getting IPv6 address (as a LIR) is as easy as it gets. Fill in the template, send to hostmaster@ripe.net, get address space. I've just done it with a new LIR, and no single question(!) got asked. The counter argument in the discussion we had in the APWG list regarding similar proposals was "what good is it going to do, to allocate address space to people that won't use it" - because if they *want* to use it, getting it is really easy. Gert Doering -- APWG chair -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 141055 SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279