[6bone] e.f.f.3.ip6.arpa status ? (16 April 2004 - try #3)

[Nicolas DEFFAYET]

On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 00:17, Daniel Austin wrote:
Hi,

> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:57:00PM +0100, Daniel Austin wrote:
> >> As we're not eligible for a RIPE production block (or rather not a
> >> /32), all that we currently have IS a 6bone block.
> >
> > Why not?  If you have a decent customer base (and are a LIR), you're
> > eligible for a RIPE allocation.  "200 potential IPv6" customers is  what
> > counts.
> 
> We're not a LIR.  So far, my only reason for us to become a LIR is to
> obtain a RIPE IPv6 allocation.

> > In any case: the 6bone *will* go away in about 2 years.  So you need to
> > migrate to RIR space anyway.  The sooner, the better.
> 
> That's true, and we'll be a LIR by then - but until then... the 6bone is
> what we have.  Why cripple something that still has some life left in it? 
> I'm still getting people asking for IPv6 tunnels (and customers asking for
> blocks too) - while i understand that 6/6/2006 is a final deadline and
> 6bone may well be dead before then - it's still *2 years* away.
> 
> But hey, those are just my thoughts.  I'd like to think i'm not the only one.

We have the same problem.
Currently the only reason for us to become a LIR is to obtain a sTLA.

When i check the 6bone pTLA list, i think that we are 5 pTLA with the
same problem.

-- 
Nicolas DEFFAYET, NDSoftware
NDSoftware IP Network: http://www.ip.ndsoftware.net/
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