Re: [ipv6-wg] Re: [address-policy-wg] Re: 200 customer requirements for IPv6

["Per Heldal" <]

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:32:20 +0000, Michael.Dillon@localhost said:
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> Of course, this means that RIRs and ISPs have to cooperate in
> allocating IPv6 addresses using a rough kind of geographical
> plan. I suggest that this plan be anchored to the major cities
> where most interconnecting is done. This is also roughly aligned
> with the topology of the network if you can manage to visualize
> an entire city (Paris, London, Hannover, Krivoy Rog) as a single
> node in a network. It's that level of abstraction that leads to
> making sense of this kind of aggregation.

... and free transit into each geographical region would be mandatory
???

Aggregation across multiple administrative domains isn't just a minor
technical change. It would eliminate the transit-provider business
model. Disruptive technologies are facts of life and nobody has a
god-given right to existence, but don't expect long-haul carriers to
give up their business without a fight.

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