[address-policy-wg] Just say *NO* to PI space -- or how to make it lessdestructive

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> Gert Doering wrote:
> > The nice thing about Internet (as opposed to the telephone system) is
> > the fact that we have DNS - and thus no need to take our "numbers" with
> > us to be reachable.
> 
> This is certainly the theory.  However, if you are a growing ISP, 
> renumbering from PA space from another LIR to your own PI space or 
> LIR/PA space can be - depending on how your customers are configured - 
> pure pain.
> 
> The portability associated with PI space is also important in one other 
> view, in that it allows the holder to switch providers quickly and 
> efficiently.  There's no tie-in of any form, and this is something which 
> is extremely important to business.

So what you are saying are we need a better way to configure, 
reconfigure/change the connection to the end-users/customers? Thought 
IPv6 was suppose to solve that issue.



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