route filtering policies (from "split b" thread)

At 10:16 PM 6/5/00, Mike Lieberman wrote:
>...
>Look I understand the frustration you are all having with this... but let's
>say ARIN sells /24's for $2.500/yr. You really need it for your home now?
>...
>I think you need to say OK, if have multiple paths, the right router, you
>are willing to pay, then you get X address space and that WILL route,
>whether you need that much space or not. Set it low enough so that you can
>live with the waste and high enough so that tables don't break for the few
>who will pay for it(I think a /24 fits if the cost to get it is high
>enough). And then don't make the user justify the network need for the size
>of the block. The only justifaction comes if the request if for more
>numbers.
Yes, the scarce resource, i.e. the implied BGP table usage, should be paid 
for by its consumer. I strongly agree that ARIN should start selling those 
/24s that are unlikely to be filtered for a price that strikes the kind of 
balance Mike describes. This will both increase Internet reliability and 
likely reduce ip space wastage. Paul.