An Internet IPv6 Transition Plan

Wed Jul 25 14:07:49 UTC 2007

On 25 Jul 2007, at 14:15, Stephen Wilcox wrote:

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> Well, you already say you have major ISPs submitting requests every  
> 6 months, and I guess that is your high water mark so everyone else  
> should be longer (at lease here under RIPE you are supposed to be  
> allocated space for 2 yrs at a time).

A recent policy change means that "The RIPE NCC allocates enough  
address space to LIRs to meet their needs for a period of up to 12  
months."

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html#5

> So, we have IANA out of space at eof 2009.. that will then take the  
> RIRs 12 to 24 mo to allocate that out before there is any impact on  
> ISPs.

If there isn't a run on the bank.

Leo