[c-nsp] smaller PI

[Seth Mattinen]

On 7/1/10 12:30 AM, Jan Gregor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 06/30/2010 02:39 PM, Jan Gregor wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>>> one of our customers requested PI adresses from RIPE (for whatever
>>>> reason) and got back /26.
>>>> Opinions?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jan
>>>
>>> Will anybody accept a prefix smaller than a /24 (we won't for one ;-) ?
>>>
>>> It isn't in addition to existing PI space is it, so they actually have a
>>> larger block than this to advertise?
>>
>>
>> Nope, it's just that /26 . Probably other parts of that /24 will be
>> assigned to other customers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jan
> 
> Update: other parts of that /24 ARE allocated to other companies.
> 


If it were me, I'd just return it to RIPE and get PA space until they
can get a PI /24. All discussions of what should/may happen aside, a /26
is going to be useless *today* if they need global visibility with it.

~Seth