large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?]]

Sun Nov 21 23:47:38 UTC 2004

> >So a single large address block is of little use to such an organization, 
> >unless they get to announce more specifics all over the place.
> 
> This seems to imply several things:
>  - when having lots of sites, you typically want to obtain local
>    Internet connectivity, because transporting all the traffic over
>    links or VPNs is a pretty heavy business

	this is an assertion which many have claimed is false.
	based on empericial evidence.

>  - you don't want to backhaul all the traffic in the internal network
>    / VPNs, so you'll either need to announce a lot of more specifics
>    or use IP addresses from local internet providers

	this is also an assertion based on false premise.

> Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
> Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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