[address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 3.2

Hi Leo,

>> We are talking about PA prefixes here, and this pool is only meant for
>> initial allocations (PA), not PI.
>
> I know.

Ok :)

>> True. There might be organizations that become an LIR to get that
>> initial /24 allocation.
>
> Has any work been done to identify what proportion of those organizations
> that are normally satisfied with PI or PA assignments are likely to go for
> a /24 PA "allocation" if that's all there is? I think some data
> identifying likely outcomes would be useful when making deciding on the
> prefix length to reserve.

Hmmm. This is difficult. I don't think any of us has a crystal ball of
that quality. My guess is that the only thing we can do is to reserve more
addresses (a /10?) now. We can always decide to 'release' them later if it
turns out that we reserved too many.

Thanks,
Sander