Re: Thoughts on IPv6 Address Assignment to End Sites

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>]

On 2008-08-03 16:06, Fred Baker wrote:
> 
> On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> 
>> I don't quite agree about 'incompetent'. If a site was leased a /48 by
>> ISP A, and then decides to multihome to ISP B, and discovers that B's
>> pricing structure means that only a /56 is affordable, then a lot
>> depends on the approach taken to allocations under the /48.
> 
> If the decision process follows that pattern, that is an excellent
> example of incompetence. They decided on a new ISP and went to sign a
> contract, and only then asked what it would cost them to get the service
> they wanted?

Well, they might be on a budget... In any case, let's not argue about
hypothetical incompetence: all I'm really suggesting for the draft
is to suggest that sparse usage of a short prefix is probably not optimal
practice, in case you ever choose to renumber into a longer prefix.

    Brian