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Re: [sig-policy] APNIC 18 Proposal



Hi,

At 15:00 05/08/2004 +0900, Tomohiro -INSTALLER- wrote:

Thank you very much for your comments, and very sorry for
ambiguousness of my sentence.
Thanks for replying, and for clarifying. I wonder if I misread the original proposal, as your clarification explains the point I was trying to understand.

My proposal is for `existing IPv6 address holders' which have already
applied and got IPv6 address from APNIC (most of them have got /32).
I don't say /32 is too small for every LIR, nor current policy does
not allow to allocate larger space than /32.

I want to fill the gap for new applicant and existing IPv6 address
holders.  Let me show an example:

A-1. LIR-A got a /32 IPv6 address space two years ago.
A-2. One years ago, they began IPv6 service trial for 300 customers.
A-3. They have a plan to begin commercial service in six months.
A-4. (I guess) LIR-A cannot expand their address space at this point
     because they do not satisfy subsequent allocation requirement.
A-5. (I guess) LIR-A can apply to expand their address space only when
   number of their customers reaches the subsequent allocation criteria.

While,

B-1. LIR-B will start their commercial service, and apply IPv6 address
     for the first time.
B-2. They can get enough address for their needs (e.g. /24) if they can
     show their concrete plan.
B-3. LIR-B can start commercial service with the address /24.
Ah yes, for subsequent allocations. Okay! :-)

Just for interest, have organisations had the problem you describe for LIR-A above, or are you simply trying to pre-empt a situation which is very much expected to happen in the near future? I can certainly see how it would give LIR-B an unintended advantage.

Also has anyone had a conversation already along these lines with APNIC, and if so was there sufficient flexibility such that LIR-A could receive what they required? Just wondering.

philip
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