[address-policy-wg] Source of routing table growth

Florian Weimer wrote:

>>> IETF can do nothing unless ISPs of RIPE and other RIRs accept
>>> the restriction that only very large ISPs can have their own
>>> global routing table entries and address spaces of other ISPs
>>> must be delegated from those of the very large ISPs.

> The ISP vs end user distinction is very fuzzy.  Even the RIPE policy
> documents don't use the terms consistently.  And in most contexts, the
> term "ISP" includes companies mainly providing web and mail hosting
> services.

While I wrote "ISPs of RIPE and other RIRs", which should exclude
end users, more general requirement is:

   only a small number of entities can have their own global
   routing table entries

and if limited number of routing table entries are sold:

   only a very rich entities can have their own global routing
   table entries

But, the first question is whether ISPs of RIPE can accept the
requirement. If not, there is no point to ask other entities
accept the requirement.

Adrian Czapek wrote:

> Who will be the one to define "very large" ?

It depends on how global routing table entries are obtained.
For an example, see above. Political power may also be useful.

						Masataka Ohta