Hi Hank!
No one is assuming any disrespect to IUCC and it’s part in building internet here. But I just bothered checking (sorry, did it just for an example) - IUCC owns two /16’s, one /18 and lots of /20-/22s. Can you check for us how many of them are actually assigned to some interfaces?
Typically it will be below 10%. If I’m right - that means that IUCC alone stops at least 576 small non-profit or startup networks from being legitimate part of routing table.
If I’m wrong - please forgive me and just give me /24 to subrent :-)
And yes, I assume that any company who administer 65000 interfaces (65000 computers or routers) should feel affordable paying ~6500 - ~65000 USD - effectively solving all possible RIPE financing problems. Except very rare cases of large non-profit networks.
P.S.: Each and every small network I see on IX has already appreciated and implemented IPv6 support. But realistically they still need some v4. And only large v4 space holders sometimes do not bother implementing IPv6 at all.
On 1 Apr 2024, at 11:49, Hank Nussbacher <hank@interall.co.il> wrote: