michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
Any market for IPv4 addresses will only exist for a short time, and high prices which would justify this type of sale will exist for an even shorter time. It is just not that expensive to transition to IPv6. Most of the cost nowadays, lies in development of a fully transparent IPv4-IPv6 Internet access service. That work is now being done openly by many companies, and when the IPv4 shortage starts to be felt, most companies will be in a position to roll out IPv6 without excessive costs.
I share your opinions on the likely length of existence for this market, which is why I see no great harm in the proposal and even less likelihood of governments and regulators getting involved. The intention is provide a short period of IPv4 fluidity to ease transition to IPv6. Nigel