[182150] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mel Beckman)
Fri Jul 10 20:30:28 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
To: Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:30:24 +0000
In-Reply-To: <op.x1k1b8s4tfhldh@rbeam.xactional.com>
Cc: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Ricky, =20
I am always in favor of redundant clarity over technically correct confusio=
n :)
-mel beckman
> On Jul 10, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:06:03 -0400, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
>> It's like going to a Starbucks as a homeless person with just pocket cha=
nge, and ordering the cheapest coffee on the menu, and being told "Oh, that=
's for off-planet visitors only. It says so on our website under "Terms and=
Conditions." Can I interest you in this giga-latte at only four times the =
price?"
>=20
> You are confusing the "price list" with the "menu". Yes, a simple note at=
the bottom of that table would fix this: Current minimum IPv6 allocation i=
s /36. That schedule doesn't say you can get a /40, only what you will pay=
if you *HAVE* a /40.
>=20
> (Did ARIN ever hand out /40's? If not, why is in the table?)
