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Hello Richard,

On Tuesday January 18 2022 14:57, you wrote to me:

 AV>>> That violates the KISS principle.
 MV>> Indeed. It is easier to just give every customer a /56. And just
 MV>> route the first /64 to the LAN, so that the user need not
 MV>> configure anything if he only needs one /64. And the provider
 MV>> does not need to configure anything if the customer needs more.

 RM> It is even simpler to just to hand out a /64 ;)

I disagree.

You have to look al the bigger picture. It violates the rule "give them so
much, they will never come back for more". Giving them just a /64 is simple.
But then some will come back for more and then you have extra work. You have
to give them a different modem and you have to do the adminstration. Of course
giving everyone a slightly more complex modem that can deal with a /56 is also
extra work to develop the firmware, but that has to be done only once for all
customers and you need only one type of modem for all customers. That reduces
the load on the helpdesk.


Cheers, Michiel
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