On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 21:19, Sven Olaf Kamphuis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Randy Carpenter wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> On 10/26/2010 12:04 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote: >>>> >>>> In practice, the RIRs are implementing sparse allocation which makes >>>> it >>>> possible to aggregate subsequent allocations. I.e. not as bad as it >>>> may >>>> seem. >>>> >>> >>> Except, if you are given bare minimums, and you are assigning out to >>> subtending ISPs bare minimums, those subtending ISPs will end up with >>> multiple networks. Some of them are BGP speakers. I can't use sparse >>> allocation because I was given minimum space and not the HD-Ratio >>> threshold space. >> >> 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? >> >> -Randy > > to my knowledge, RIPE still does not issue ipv6 PI space. > so giving them their own space, is "problematic" to say the least.
I got a /48 PI from RIPE a few months back. Maybe your knowledge needs to be a little bit refreshed regarding RIPE allocation policies :)

