>> There is no real reasons for ISP's to only do /64s except spite the
>> customer.  The difference in costs from the RIRs for the bigger
>> address space is chump change even for developing states.  All their
>> equipment will support > /64 because the big players want to support
>> that.
>> 
> Actually, that's not quite right.  A number of ISPs are only offering /64s
> because a significant number of IPv6-supporting home routers can't handle
> shorter prefixes (although it's getting better) - we've seen this in our
> lab.  ISPs I've spoken with plan to offer shorter prefixes as home routers
> can support them.

right. changing the homenet architecture because of buggy software seems like 
putting the cart in front of the horse.

I heard about this bug years ago, wasn't aware it still existed in current 
gear. does it?

Ole
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