[members-discuss] [Ticket#2015032901000081] [ncc-announce] [GM] Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016

On 28/03/2015 23:13, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote:
> Firstly, the internet is using ~65K ASNs while the supply is 2MM. We still
> have 64K*65K before we should really worry about garbage collection.

Elvis, a network which requires functional BGP community support cannot
feasibly be run on an ASN32.  I have tried it in production and it is
operationally nonviable.

There is no complete ASN32-compatible solution to this situation in the
short or medium term.  In the long term - well beyond the point of ASN16
resource exhaustion - it is possible that this situation may be resolved.
However this is a long term possibility rather than the short term
certainty that we are facing impending depletion of ASN16s.

It is for this reason that ASN16 resource depletion and consequently
garbage collection has important operational implications for RIPE NCC
members who plan to run their own ASNs.

Nick