On 7/18/17 22:23, Owen DeLong wrote: > >> On Jul 17, 2017, at 16:36 , John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote:
>>> What I would like to know is my gut feeling correct, which is that after >>> receiving an allocation of IPv6, nearly nobody ever returns to the well for >>> more, or at least not like it was back in the IPv4 days when ARIN had IPv4 >>> address space to allocate, and thus there are no sticks? > > Your gut is definitely correct to date. However, prior performance does not > predict future results. It’s true that a lot fewer>organizations are likely > to come back for additional IPv6 blocks and all will certainly come back less frequently than in IPv4.>Nearly nobody is probably true today. It will probably remain less than “most” for the foreseeable future, but I don’t think >“nearly nobody” is a permanent state. A fair number of initial allocations were way too small. e.g. pre 2004 LIR/ISP assignments. Failure of imagination seems like a common trope for direct/ciritical assignments which makes returning to the well inevitable.
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
_______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.
