Re: [sig-policy]the size of sparse allocation

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> What would be a typical reservation size for large LIRs, say, with 1 million
> subscribers, if the sparse allocation is implemented?
> 
> If the answer is around /20 or so, I guess /12 is OK for IANA-RIR 
> allocation size.

Q: how many allocations can there be of /12s?
A: 512

Q: from the view of address space conservation, is this prudent?
A: possibly it is not

Q: but isn't ipv6 address space effectively enormous?
A: 64 bits are being used for a host identifier, so it is half
   as long as you think at first

randy