Max and all, It's already a black market. The real question is will their also be a clear market as well? I venture a guess that the answer is unknown and unpredictable but will be based upon price and sustained demand. What's clear to me is that the ASO and it's RIR's have failed to responsibly manage address space. Max Tulyev wrote:
Per,
the truth is this is not an integer anymore, but a Valuable Resource, may be more valuable than oil and uranium.
There WILL BE a market. More, there IS a market NOW.
But you can choose will it be the black market or the clear one.
Per Heldal wrote:
I'd prefer a firm rejection of any policy designed enable a marketplace for integers. That should at least discourage some of the worst speculators and eliminate the financial motive for any organisation to hang on to blocks they don't need and return them to the common pool.
-- WBR, Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253@FIDO)
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