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IPv6 was implemented by RIPE so well that their own employees left be became brokers (isn’t that like insider trading?).
Insider trading would have been if I would have stayed employed at the RIPE NCC and opened a brokerage company as a second job.
I did no such thing. I left the RIPE NCC many months before I started the IP brokerage business.
Please do not imply that I did insider trading, whatever you mean by that, ever again.
IPv6 had nothing to do with my decision to move on and try a new job/challenge. I am actually promoting IPv6 as much as I can.
We are now left with a marketplace to buy or sell IPs which is ridiculous because when you transfer an IP range it must not be in use, so how the hell can someone transfer a /16 or more ( if its not in use, means you are not using it, aren’t u supposed to give it back to RIPE?).
That is not true. We have brokered many transfers where the network using the IPs was still operational. There are many reasons why a transfer can occur, not just when IPs are not used and sold.
Transfers should have only been allowed if entire LIR/company was bought, which makes more sense.
That would have caused a nightmare to everyone. Companies reorganize, change focus, split, merge (sometimes partially).
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The transfer market has been in existance since 2009-2011 (depending on the region) and it has served its purpose for thousands of companies. It still serves its purpose by making IPv4 available to those in need... it comes with a cost but if you want free IPs nobody is stoping you to use IPv6 and nat/cgnat/etc.
cheers,
Elvis
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