Any evidence that v4 addresses in /24 quantity have traded for such sums? Milton Mueller Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology ------------------------------ Internet Governance Project: http://internetgovernance.org
-----Original Message----- From: Marco Hogewoning [mailto:marcoh@marcoh.net] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:47 AM To: Milton L Mueller Cc: address-policy-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 2
On Jul 5, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
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I think it is important to think about new companies. They
will very
probably require some IPv4 address space during the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. I think the whole community will be in a lot of trouble if we make a policy that makes it impossible for new entrants to participate in a dual-stack world.
A legitimate concern. But:
1. address transfers might make it possible for them to acquire v4 addresses
Transfers from whom ? The /24 they are going to get for 1,000,000,000,000,000 dollar from an "old company" ?
MarcoH