[6bone] pTLA request NDSOFTWARE - review closes 23 October 2002

[tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)]

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 10:49:50PM +0200, Jeroen Massar wrote:
>
> I do want to see the ability for an IXP to get address space that is
> routable. Which is why I mentioned the AMS-IX case, which is a
> "non-profit, neutral and independent association" and thus can't rely on
> other peoples
> IP space. The shared medium can run only on the /48, but the services
> provided (website, lookingglasses etc) can't. AMS-IX has major
> difficulties
> getting that space. Notez bien that even RIPE can't request space from
> thereselves as they are not a LIR. Odd rules in a odd world.

Euro6IX has a pTLA, to allow customer allocation of addresses from its
address space.    Euro6IX is not an LIR, nor even a legal entity.

Tim