Re: IPv6 Routing table will be bloated?

[Scott Reed <sreed () nwwnet net>]

Why would the assumption be the ISP = knowledgeable or even caring about 
RIRs, etc.?

When I started my ISP 6 years ago I knew someone issued IP addresses to 
my upstream provider, but I really didn't care who that was.  The 
upstream took care of everything related to getting and assigning 
addresses as far as I was concerned.  Even when I changed upstream 
providers they took care of the addresses.  It was at that time I 
realized I need to learn more about the whole IP address assignment 
process so I wouldn't have to renumber next time I changed providers.  I 
dug far enough to find that my ISP was not big enough to get an 
assignment and the required fee was more than the cost to renumber, so I 
didn't look any farther.

So, as a log of start-ups and small businesses do, I learned enough to 
make what I needed work, but not everything that may have been beneficial.


On 10/26/2010 3:20 PM, George Bonser wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jack Bates [mailto:jbates () brightok net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 11:23 AM
> > To: Randy Carpenter
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: IPv6 Routing table will be bloated?
> >
> > On 10/26/2010 1:01 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> > > Wait... If you are issuing space to ISPs that are multihomed, they
> > > should be getting their own addresses. Even if they aren't
> > > multihomed, they should probably be getting their own addresses. Why
> > > would you be supplying them with address space if they are an ISP?
> > Because they are my customer. They don't know much about RIRs, paying
> > membership fees, etc. They just know they want address space, and I
> > provide that.
> If they are ISPs and don't know much about RIRs, can you please name them and provide their ASNs ... oh, wait ... they won't 
> have an ASN if they don't know about RIRs and fees and such.
>
> Something isn't passing the smell test here.

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