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RE: [lir-wg] Discussion about RIPE-261

  • To: "Michel Py" < >
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  • From: Hank Nussbacher < >
  • Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 11:38:03 +0200
At 01:29 AM 26-05-03 -0700, Michel Py wrote:

> Needless to say, your numbers do not seem to take in any
> socio-economic factors. Assigning a /12 to North America
> as well as to Northern Africa and India might make
> socialistic sense as well as being "politically correct",
> but from a reality standpoint, it just don't fly.

It's politically impossible to assign socio-economic factors such as
wealth. Who am I to pick a number and decide that Ethiopia gets 16 times
less addresses that the US? If it is true that in the short term it
would work, this would generate endless debates, which is why I picked
that an Ethiopian gets the same number of IP addresses than an American.
So don't assign wealth. Use some number that has direct influence on IPv6 usage. Among the possibilities:

- # of computer per capita
- # of cellphones per capita
- % of homes with electricity
- % of homes with phone/cable
- % of of homes with more than 5 electrical appliances

Each would have a direct bearing on IPv6 usage. Pick any of the above or all of the above.

-Hank



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