Re: Thoughts on IPv6 Address Assignment to End Sites

[Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>]

On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> I don't quite agree about 'incompetent'. If a site was leased a /48  
> by ISP A, and then decides to multihome to ISP B, and discovers that  
> B's pricing structure means that only a /56 is affordable, then a  
> lot depends on the approach taken to allocations under the /48.

If the decision process follows that pattern, that is an excellent  
example of incompetence. They decided on a new ISP and went to sign a  
contract, and only then asked what it would cost them to get the  
service they wanted?