On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:04:59 +0100
Stiphane Chausson <stephane.chausson@laposte.net> wrote:

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> In a [1]press communiqui (in french, sorry) they say they give 2^64 ip
> address to every customer.
> To me, total ipv6 beginner, it seems a lot !
> What is bad with "/64" ?
> Are they sort of lying ? Playing with words ?
>
> [1]http://www.iliad.fr/presse/2007/CP_IPv6_121207.pdf

Well, in theory 64 bits would be sufficient for 2^64 adresses, but
that's not the way IPv6 functions -- in reality they are providing you
with exactly 1 usable IPv6 address (link in french), hence the need to
NAT or bridge:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Adresses_IPv6

Simon