[address-policy-wg] IPv6 Policy Clarification - Initial allocation criteria "d)"

On Saturday 19 June 2004 12:31, Pekka Savola wrote:
> Are an ISP's own PoPs or other parts of infrastructure "other
> organisations"?
>
> Nope. Never.  Not by any English dictionary :).
>
Yes, it can be.
You're all assuming that an LIR has to be an ISP. That's not always the case.
The only infrastructure our LIR owns are the routers. We provide connectivity 
to several ISP's - including our own. Our ISP is simply another customer of 
the LIR.

My personal opinion is that the '200' rule should be scrapped - this is 
obviously a topic for a different debate.

but, in answer to the original question:
"To qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an organisation 
must [...] have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other 
organisations within two years."
There is in my understanding no stipulation that these assignments must all be 
made to external organisations. Therefore an assignment to your own 
infrastructure counts - not that 1 assignment out of 200 makes a great deal 
of difference.

Just my 2 peneth worth.

Regards,
Jon Lawrence