Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

Ricky,  

I am always in favor of redundant clarity over technically correct confusion :)

 -mel beckman

> On Jul 10, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:06:03 -0400, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
> > It's like going to a Starbucks as a homeless person with just pocket change, and ordering the cheapest coffee on the 
> > menu, and being told "Oh, that's for off-planet visitors only. It says so on our website under "Terms and 
> > Conditions." Can I interest you in this giga-latte at only four times the price?"
>
> You are confusing the "price list" with the "menu". Yes, a simple note at the bottom of that table would fix this: 
> Current minimum IPv6 allocation is /36.  That schedule doesn't say you can get a /40, only what you will pay if you 
> *HAVE* a /40.
>
> (Did ARIN ever hand out /40's? If not, why is in the table?)