Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption

[Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>]

On 10/19/2010 4:29 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> >
> No... ARIN hands out a MINIMUM /32. A medium sized ISP should be asking for larger.

ME: I really need larger space
ARIN: We don't see how you can justify it, and we hardly ever give 
larger than /32

THE END

> or, if you have larger POPs, start with a /24 and
> /32 regional assignment supporting 256 regional assignments
> /36 for 16 pops per region
> /48 for 4,096 customer end-sites per POP

Ideal solution, but don't see it happening

> ARIN thinks a /32 is the MINIMUM for an ISP. Not the Maximum. Several ISPs have received larger than /32 and all you 
> need to do is show a reasonable justification for the space.

See above. You think I asked for a /32? While I'd probably desire a /24 
for ease of routing and management, I'd only asked for a /31 and was 
turned down with the "Very few will get more than a /32."

Hey, perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps I asked too early, even though I 
purposefully delayed asking.

and from your other reply:

> Yep... Best not to argue with Jack... A much better strategy, IMHO, is to better serve his former customers.

Good luck on that. My customers like my service and the lengths we go 
for them. Obviously, there are always those who are discontent, but we 
listen to what they want and need, and we make it happen. Feel free to 
come to rural Oklahoma and compete. The prefix rotation argument has 
been covered before, which is why I'd rather keep it to the original 
argument and probably shouldn't have mentioned it since it always 
creates a side topic.

Jack