On May 12, 2011, at 3:49 PM, George Bonser wrote: >> In the RIPE region, being multihomed or planning to be it is not a >> sufficient condition for getting a PI prefix. And even if it was, the >> hit on DFZ is the same as from getting allocation from LIR. Even if >> they get their own /32, the hit would be the same (modulo individual >> FIB/RIB implementations). >> Consequently, there's work in progress to modernize RIPE IPv6 address >> policy. >> http://ripe62.ripe.net/presentations/148-wg.pdf p. 19 and forward. >> >> Cheers, >> Martin > > Martin, > > Possibly the hit might be the same, but possibly not. An organization > that requires a second /48 from their upstream might get one that can't > be aggregated with the previous one. It is my understanding that ARIN > is attempting to structure their assignments so that if such growth > occurs in PI space, it is likely (though not guaranteed) that the > network will get a subsequent allocation that can be aggregated with the > first. > > George >
Policy dictates that they reserve at least to the /44 for /48 assignments. Owen