[address-policy-wg] [Ticket#2012110601002595] Status of /24 PI IPv4 from last /8

Hello. Absolutely right....
Applying for LIR status just for multi-homing where /24 PI space is 
more than enough is a waste of much bigger IPv4 space, but then again 
more money for some ..... :>

Greg

On 2012-11-07 15:17, Yannis Nikolopoulos wrote:
> Hello Gert,
>
> On 11/07/2012 08:17 PM, Gert Doering wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 04:41:51PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote:
>>> To put it differently: Why does anyone who considers IPv4 legacy 
>>> care
>>> about how it's used up?
>> Well, I *do* care about the way we use the community's resources in
>> policy building.
>
> I'm confused. We should all care about the way the community's
> resources are used. That's the whole point of this discussion (and
> this group). What we're now seeing, is new LIRs that never wanted to
> become LIRs in the first place and just wanted a /24 of PI space. 
> They
> have no (real) alternative though if they want to multihome (as an
> LIR/ISP I'm with Nick on this one). How's that fair on them,
> considering registration and handling fees?
>
> As far as IPv6 goes, most of us or on the same boat, no need to state
> the obvious. As Richard said, the question here is whether we should
> hand out PI from the last /8 or not.
>
> regards,
> Yannis