[lir-wg] Discussion about RIPE-261

At 01:29 AM 26-05-03 -0700, Michel Py wrote:
> > Needless to say, your numbers do not seem to take in any
> > socio-economic factors. Assigning a /12 to North America
> > as well as to Northern Africa and India might make
> > socialistic sense as well as being "politically correct",
> > but from a reality standpoint, it just don't fly.
>
>It's politically impossible to assign socio-economic factors such as
>wealth. Who am I to pick a number and decide that Ethiopia gets 16 times
>less addresses that the US? If it is true that in the short term it
>would work, this would generate endless debates, which is why I picked
>that an Ethiopian gets the same number of IP addresses than an American.

So don't assign wealth.  Use some number that has direct influence on IPv6 
usage.  Among the possibilities:

- # of computer per capita
- # of cellphones per capita
- % of homes with electricity
- % of homes with phone/cable
- % of of homes with more than 5 electrical appliances

Each would have a direct bearing on IPv6 usage.  Pick any of the above or 
all of the above.

-Hank