[address-policy-wg] IPv6 PI for HOSTING

On 22 Dec 2009, at 11:14, Max Tulyev wrote:

> So I think we should ASAP change IPv6 PI policy to let hosting be the
> issue for IPv6 PI assignment.

Max, I'm not sure this would result in anything useful. It might even  
be harmful by encouraging or facilitating route de-aggregation.

You are quite right to note the chicken-and-egg problems IPv6 faces  
and the reasons why IPv6 deployment has been slow. However these  
factors still exist no matter how an organisation gets its IPv6 space.  
For instance most content providers don't offer stuff over IPv6  
because there are very few people using IPv6. So, in general, from  
their perspective there's a small audience for v6 content that doesn't  
justify the costs of providing it. That isn't likely to change even if  
the content providers got v6 space "for free".

I doubt address allocation policies are having an impact on IPv6  
deployment or uptake. IMO the drivers for that have still to emerge:  
like the lack of v4 space (or its price compared to v6) or the  
operational pain of even more NAT and ALGs.