[ipv6-wg] Re: [address-policy-wg] Re: Andre's guide to fix IPv6

Jørgen Hovland wrote:

> -
> 1. No PI. _Only_ network operators get a prefix.

I am an operator of a network - do I get a prefix ? (we have lots of
computers and need lots of IP addresses: currently the 5 PCs, 2
printers, a phone and some PDA and a server online)

I guess you need to define the criteria in some other way. Perhaps
beeing registered with the national regulator

> 2. Customers of network operators can at any time change provider and
> take their assigned prefix with them. The new provider will announce
> it as a more specific overriding the aggregate. If the customer
> decides to get multiple providers, then the network operator with the
> /32 could also announce a more specific.
>
> In the country I live in I can change telecom provider and take my
> phone number with me to the new provider. Why shouldn't I be able to
> do that with internet providers?

Maybe we live in the same country ? The  National Reference DataBase
NRDB will take care of the routing (http://www.nrdb.no - at some point
in time I guess they will move to ENUM - so perhaps jump directly to
such a solution. But then it will be more difficult to implement the
payment model they have. (It costs the operator more to be connected to
this database  than to get IP addressess from RIPE in addition there is
a quarterly service fee to port numbers and even a per lookup fee)

> Yes, it will somehow create millions/billions of prefixes (atleasat
> with todays routing technology/protocols). Network operators should be
> able to handle that hence rule #1.

Why should my last provider carry my traffic after I switch provider ? 
In POTS this may work because there is elaborate interconnect agreements
between the providers - I dont know of too may ISPs doing pr user
accounting of transit any more.

>From the consumer point of view - this is great - from a routing point
of view and ISP interconnect point of view - I am not quite sure...

-hph