IPv6 policy and Supernational-LIRs

> For IPv6, on the other hand, a supernational registry can only get a single
> allocation, irrespective of its size and contributions to the NCC.  I don't
> recall this policy change being discussed in the RIPE policy making forum (the
> LIR WG) being being put in place by the NCC for the then interim IPv6 policy.

Which is why I brought the discussion to the forum :)

> I am aware that there are few supernational registries and that they are a
> pain for the RIPE NCC but this policyy change seems to work against the
> aggregation principles we need to follow if we're not going to have the
> routing table growth rate we've seen with IPv4.

We have had the discussion with RIPE NCC about the usefulness of a
Supernational-LIR, and for us this makes things alot easier. In large
corporations, it's simply easier to get one bill and one contact, than as
in our case - 14 invocies...

- kurtis -