how 200 /48's fails the job [Re: [address-policy-wg] Policy proposal: #gamma IPv6 Initial Allocation Criteria]

> Could you clarify, why do you think "200 customers" fails as a meter 
> for largeness ?

Because it assumes that the LIRs applying for address space
are following a traditional ISP model in which the customers 
of the LIR are being connected by the network. In the case 
of BMW it may be the factories, or it may be the repair centres.
In the case of Google it may be some set of replicated server
farms in many locations.

> What do you think would be a reasonable bar then?

First, I think that it would be more reasonable to have no bar
but to have a number of /32 allocations which triggers a policy
review.

But if there has to be a bar, then perhaps it could be restated
as: "the LIR intends to allocate at least 200 /48 blocks within
the next two years". On a commercial level, that still allows
a new startup ISP who intends to offer IPv6-only network access,
to get the addresses that they need for their business plan. But
it also allows for all the existing IPv4 network operators, many
of whom are not ISPs, to get IPv6 addresses to transition their
networks.

We don't really know who is going to adopt IPv6 or how they are
going to use it so the policy has to avoid making assumptions and
avoid unecessary barriers to entry.

--Michael Dillon