[address-policy-wg] getting second IPv6 PA as a LIR

Am 03.05.2011 um 12:39 schrieb Mikael Abrahamsson:

> On Tue, 3 May 2011, Florian Weimer wrote:
> 
>> * Mikael Abrahamsson:
>> 
>>> Oki, I don't know enough about the ripe billing system , but I do know
>>> that if we get many more hundreds of thousands of PI assignments
>>> (regardless of v4 or v6), the global routing system is going to be in
>>> real trouble.
>> 
>> And why wouldn't the Internet work with 600,000 prefixes in the DFZ?
> 
> Now all of a sudden for instance Cisco 7600 3CXL isn't enough to old a full table (at around 750k).
> 
> Also, IPv6 uses twice the TCAM resources as IPv4...

so, basically what you are saying is that you know that your routers need an upgrade in 5 years and you 
don't want to pay for an upgrade or you can't figure out a business plan which covers the costs for that?
But you are telling small ISPs/NCOs/"hobbyusers"/whatever THEY don't get their business plan right
if they don't can afford paying $$$ for PI space or rather would prefer to pay other bills with the
money? WTF?!

Guys, don't discriminate.
The cost for independent resources is there just to remind the people that they should give them back
if they don't need it anymore (in contrast to the former solution where just abandoning resources didn't cost anyone anything), 
not to hinder anyone from actually getting them in the first place.

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards

Sascha Lenz [SLZ-RIPE]
Senior System- & Network Architect