<html>
<head>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 12pt;
font-family:Calibri
}
--></style></head>
<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br>Alain what do you mean by making IPv6 Optional for new comers ? i thought IPv6 to be a MUST for new comers/applicants !<br> <br>
<br>
<em><font color="#1f497d" face="Comic Sans MS">Arbogast Fabian,</font></em><br>
<em><font color="#1f497d" face="Comic Sans MS">cell:+255-78-447-8387</font></em><br><br><br><div>> From: aalain@trstech.net<br>> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:33:47 +0400<br>> To: rpd@afrinic.net<br>> Subject: Re: [rpd] Statistics on IPV4 allocation in Africa as of 2016<br>> <br>> Hello,<br>> <br>> We will make the IPv6 requirement optional for new comers. <br>> <br>> —Alain<br>> <br>> <br>> > On Jun 18, 2016, at 7:28 PM, Nishal Goburdhan <nishal@controlfreak.co.za> wrote:<br>> > <br>> > On 18 Jun 2016, at 16:20, ALAIN AINA wrote:<br>> > <br>> >> That is exactly what we are doing. Update the soft landing policy to meet the goal of using the 102/8 to encourage IPv6 deployment.<br>> > <br>> > no. you are updating the policy to say:<br>> >> No space allocation from the last /8 if you can’t show IPv6.<br>> > <br>> > … which is enforcing *your* idea of how their network should run.<br>> > … which is not what afrinic should do.<br>> > <br>> > assume i am a later-comer.<br>> > assuming i have need for IPv4 for a purpose you cannot imagine.<br>> > assume i have done the math, and i do not need IPv6 for a period of time that i feel is acceptable to me.<br>> > or, that i can get IPv6 from my transit. or .. [$scenario].<br>> > <br>> > v4 and v6 are different resources. this is why we have different policies for each.<br>> > <br>> > —n.<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> RPD mailing list<br>> RPD@afrinic.net<br>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd<br></div> </div></body>
</html>