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Even with this generous distribution it's still about /32 per ISP. Imagine IPv4 Internet where each existing ISP has just a single v4 address. Maybe when we'll
by drdaeman 16y ago
Even with this generous distribution it's still about /32 per ISP. Imagine IPv4 Internet where each existing ISP has just a single v4 address.
Maybe when we'll have a colony at Alpha Centauri that won't be enough anymore, but this should be perfectly sufficient for quite a while.
- BerislavLopac 16y agoEven then it will be sufficient for the Centaurians to have their own Internet and reuse the whole address space. Until someone invents ansible, any communication between us and them will be too slow for any real-time purposes.
- acqq 16y agoSo do you actually know that every ISP exactly gets /32? Can you point to some material about that? I'm still asking for some exact information.
- count 16y agoFor IANA -> RIR allocations, http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicvii/POLITICA-IPV6-IANA-RIR_EN.pdf http://lacnic.net/documentos/lacnicvii/POLITICA-IPV6-IANA-RI... and for an example of RIR allocation to ISP/end user: https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html Each RIR has it's own policy though, so check with the one you're concerned with (ARIN vs APNIC, etc).