Pretty strong reaction for a single prefix. Now if you said you wanted to advertise all your /64¹s that would be a different conversation.
On 8/7/14, 2:58 PM, "John York" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hoping to not start a war... > >We (a multi-homed end-user site) are finally getting IPv6-enabled Internet >connectivity from one of our ISPs. In conversations regarding our BGP >config, the ISP has balked at allowing us to advertise our ARIN-assigned >/44, saying things like, "do you know how many addresses that is!!??" > >Am I way off base in thinking this network size is not out of the norm? I >know it's a lot of addresses (19 octillion-something?), but that >assignment was based on the same criteria that got us a /22 in v4 space. >Should accepting a /44 in v6 not be equivalent, policy-wise, to accepting >a /22 in v4? > >Thanks, >John > >-- >John York >Information Technology | Network Administrator > >Phone: >615-399-7000 x:333 > >Griffin Technology >2030 Lindell Avenue Nashville, TN 37203 USA
