Re: [address-policy-wg] Draft agenda Address Policy Working Group RIPE 46

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <]

> > thanks for the numbers. How about the rest of the information 
> > requested?
> You wanted some information on the background, types of PI requests 
> and other things.
>
> We don't keep statistics on the motivation for a request for PI 
> address space. In fact, we don't ask for it in most cases. We just 
> make sure that the requester is aware of the issues that come with 
> small blocks of address space and any possible alternatives to PI 
> address space.
>
> However, we do keep statistics on the stated use the address space 
> will be put to. However, the majority of PI assignments we make will 
> be used for more than one purpose. In these cases it is often 
> impossible to label an assignment with a single category. Instead, we 
> label it as "Miscellaneous".
>
> This year, the "Miscellaneous" category has been appropriate in about 
> 69% of assignments. Another 19% were for office LANs. We also had 4% 
> used for server hosting, 3% for broadband services, about 1% for P2P 
> links and about 1% for GPRS services.
From what I remember of what you said in Barcelona, the absolute 
numbers of PI space assigned is really low though, right?

- kurtis -