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??? After RIPE runs out of IP addresses, we might be seen as anti-competitive?

I was thinking about making sure that new companies can have a few IPv4 addresses to be able to talk to the IPv4-only world. If we do that, then nobody can complain. If they think they don't have enough addresses, well, so has the rest of the world. If they can't get any IPv4 addresses at all this might be perceived as unfair or anti-competitive.

Fair enough. However this could be solved by the market if some ISPs offer v4-to-v6 gateway services to customers whose networks are pure v6. In the USA, I know of two hosting companies who are working on virtual machine services which will be able t import an existing IPv4 host and run it virtually with v6 connectivity because the v4-to-v6 gateway services are all handled by the container operating system. We are likely to see a number of services that offer to assist companies through the transition. The IPv6 transition will likely provide a small boost to the overall economy at a time when the economy needs all the help that it can get. --Michael Dillon