On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 09:48:11AM -0500, jordi.palet--- via address-policy-wg 
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Hi Jordi,

> Just a clarification. The change doesn???t change the ???default???. It 
> change from /29 to /28 the prefix that you can request without additional 
> justification, but you still can request a /32, /31, /30 or /29.

Despite the fact that the intention is different, the proposed change
makes /28 the de facto default. According to RIPE NCC stats [1], in 2023
"90% of the initial allocations were /29 (instead of /32)". It looks to
me like almost no one bothers to ask for something smaller.

[1] Slide 3, 
https://ripe89.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/80-2024-02-RIPE-89-v1.1.pdf

Best,
Piotr

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