Izumi and all,
I disagree. The problems with CIDR should be addressed long before
any consideration of allocation size is considered...
Izumi Okutani wrote:
> > - However, we have a suggestion. It would be good if we tighten the criteria of portable assignment to get rid of unhonest PI. It's should be " Portable assignment is only for end-user. ISPs are forced to apply for portable allocation". In recent Routing table reports, the total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations rearched 57860
> -->
> I agree. ISPs should be eligible to receive allocations after we lower
> the size, so I assume they no longer have needs for portable
> assignments.
>
> If a substantial number of ISPs are unable to receive allocations,
> then this implies that the allocation criteria is too strict, and we
> should review the allocation policy.
>
> My concern is that if we allow portable assignments to ISPs as well,
> the distinction betweeen allocation and portable assignments becomes
> very vague and there will be no point in having two seperate policies.
>
> > Let's discuss the size of minimum allocation:
> > - RIRs should have similar size of minimum allocation. Therefore, we would have the same filter size
> > - On the other hand, many ISPs are qualified to be initially allocated, especially when we losen the criteria but they have minor development rate. /20 block initially allocated to them is a waste reservation.
> -->At least in the case of Japan, over 85% of LIRs utilize /20 or
> more, so the waste is not a big issue.
>
> How about in other countries?
>
> Izumi
> JPNIC
>
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