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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by IcePic on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:30PM (#33898131)
Given the top rate* for handing out ipv4 some 10 years ago, every such "wasted" /8 would give you days to weeks before being used up again. What do you intend to do when those 2 weeks are up?

*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion#/media...

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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by noipv6 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:50PM (#33898452)
the global burn rate was 4-6 weeks for a /8, iirc

but there are waitlists to fulfill, so...you're probably still right.

(tl;dr: "repatriate the poorly allocated legacy ip space" is a losing proposition)

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Re:Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable by dang on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @02:15PM (#33898818)
Single-purpose accounts aren't allowed on HN (they're too predictable and predictability is the antithesis of curiosity) - so I've banned this account. If you don't want it to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and we can figure something out.
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