Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion

Mel Beckman mel at beckman.org
Sat Jul 11 00:30:24 UTC 2015


Ricky,  

I am always in favor of redundant clarity over technically correct confusion :)

 -mel beckman

> On Jul 10, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:06:03 -0400, Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
>> It's like going to a Starbucks as a homeless person with just pocket change, and ordering the cheapest coffee on the menu, and being told "Oh, that's for off-planet visitors only. It says so on our website under "Terms and Conditions." Can I interest you in this giga-latte at only four times the price?"
> 
> You are confusing the "price list" with the "menu". Yes, a simple note at the bottom of that table would fix this: Current minimum IPv6 allocation is /36.  That schedule doesn't say you can get a /40, only what you will pay if you *HAVE* a /40.
> 
> (Did ARIN ever hand out /40's? If not, why is in the table?)



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