RE: Resolving geo discussions

["Christian Huitema" <huitema@windows.microsoft.com>]

> The way I see it, many of the "con" arguments may turn out to be quite
> valid. However, there are also many ways in which geo aggregation
could
> be successful. Maybe it will solve the multihoming scaling problem for
> 10, 5 or just 2 years. Or it just helps regional networks to optimize
> their routing. I don't think there is any way to determine this
> beforehand.

We have had this discussion many times in the past 10 years. After many
rounds of e-mail, the consensus generally is that if geo is going to
happen, it will happen "bottom up" and be user driven. For example, one
may see the chamber of commerce of lower Picardy request a /32 from
RIPE, and use it to provides "independent" /48 addresses to its members,
using a combination of tunnels and arrangements with local ISP. In fact,
there are already a few virtual ISP operating under this model.

-- Christian Huitema