MvV>> Many ISPs only offer a /48 to business accounts. For consumer MvV>> accounts it is often a /56. A /56 is plenty for most I'd say.
TL> Yeah, I can't see myself using my /56 in my lifetime. What will I do TL> with 256 networks? :)
Neither can I, but I can imagine some wanting/needing more than a /60. The "rule" should be "give them so much they will never come back for more". That wey they avoid having to make administrative exceptions for some customers. There is enough to give every customer a /56.