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Re:Your First IPv6 Request by sigio on Monday October 31, 2022 @09:52AM (#33405687)
Any LIR can get a /29 (or /32), and probably anyone that can find a sponsoring LIR can get a /48 no questions asked.
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Re:Your First IPv6 Request by IgorPartola on Monday October 31, 2022 @09:53AM (#33405696)
What is a LIR?
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Re:Your First IPv6 Request by hampereddustbin on Monday October 31, 2022 @09:56AM (#33405735)
Wikipedia says it is

>A local Internet registry (LIR) is an organization that has been allocated a block of IP addresses by a RIR, and that assigns most parts of this block to its own customers

RIR being Regional Internet Registry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Internet_registry

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