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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My name is Ralph and i'm researching the options
for IPv6 within my company. From previous contact with the ripe i've understood
that there are 3 ways to get IPv6 ranges:<BR>- ISP assigned, i don't like this
option because of renumbering issues when transferring to a different ISP<BR>-
Ripe member, this way my organisation will become a member and can request own
adresses based upon need<BR>- PI assigned, coming (hopefully) this
year</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My company has several locations on several
continents, which raises the following questions:<BR>-If we would become a ripe
member, how would we deal with IPv6 range requests outside the ripe
"juristiction", like in <SPAN
class=599053008-17032009>n</SPAN>orth <SPAN
class=599053008-17032009>a</SPAN>merica?</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>
<DIV><BR><SPAN class=599053008-17032009><FONT
face=Arial>-</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>It is my
understanding that the ripe member policy assigns /32sh and no /48sh<SPAN
class=599053008-17032009> which, from my standpoint,
</SPAN>seems </FONT><SPAN class=599053008-17032009><FONT size=2>a bit
unnecessary because</FONT><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>there will be equal number of routing entries <SPAN
class=599053008-17032009>because </SPAN>we will <SPAN
class=599053008-17032009>require one range per location no matter the
prefix</SPAN><SPAN class=599053008-17032009>. From what i've learned so far this
could basically result in a /32 for a 100-user location which cannot be the
goal, even though i might be stuck in IPv4 ways.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=599053008-17032009></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=599053008-17032009></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>- Isn't
it possible to get a /32 and allow us to divide it between our sites with /48sh
(and allowing them to advertise /48sh globally)?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=599053008-17032009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=599053008-17032009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ralph
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