Re: Resolving geo discussions

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@kurtis.pp.se>]

> In theory the IETF gives large credence to "working code".  Since this
> theoretical argument appears unresolvable, perhaps the way to proceed
> would be to allow some pilots (as previously suggested) and see whether
> geo works in practice.
>
> The proponents get an opportunity to prove that it works.  The 
> opponents
> get an opportunity to demonstrate the damage that the pilots caused
> to the v6 DFZ.  But any damage would be limited to the extent of the
> pilots.
>
> The trick is getting the resources to execute the pilots.  As long as 
> this
> WG allows the allocation of a few pilot geo blocks (and allows 
> sufficient
> freedom for the proponents to make their attempt), the proponents
> have most of the burden of making the attempt.
>
> Just my $0.02 regarding how to resolve this in a satisfactory way.
Well, I am not sure we need the WG to give a few blocks for this. I 
think that we to prove GEO allocations work, you could do with any give 
size of block. Even /48 (although it gets somewhat harder).

As for discussion so far - I think that if someone would write up the 
discussions so far, as to why geo aggregation won't work, that would be 
easier to compare to the proposals.

- kurtis -