bouncingbunny

Probably due to IP transfers between regions.

The original /8 was assigned to ARIN (which handles IP addresses in the US), and then later a more specific subnet (like a /16) was transferred to RIPE (which handles the European region).

So while the big block is correctly shown as North America, the smaller ones shouldn't be.

If you're talking about the RIPE region, then; - Can I request a /48 or larger IPv6 prefix from my sponsor LIR -> Yes. Something bigger than a /48 might be hard, but /48 shouldn't be any problems. - Can such IPv6 prefix be further distributed to customers? -> No. A IPv6 PI assignment can only be used by yourself and your own infrastructure and not assigned to customers[0].

Other RIRs will have the information on their website, or your sponsoring LIR will be able to answer any questions :)

[0] https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-738 section 7

I work at a decent-sized ISP in Sweden, and we've been trying to get IPv6 to customers for over 10 years. It's hard. The way the Internet is built (many municipal broadband networks[0]) means there's middle networks that might not support IPv6 (the reason used to be "no interest" and "it's not a priority").

PTS is starting to show some interest[1], we'll see what leads to.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_broadband

[1] https://www.pts.se/sv/dokument/rapporter/internet/2022/ipv6-...