[ppml] rubber/road

[Howard, W. Lee]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net] On 
> Behalf Of Ted Mittelstaedt
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:12 PM
> To: Jeroen Massar
> Cc: Randy Bush; Public Policy Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ppml] rubber/road
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeroen Massar [mailto:jeroen at unfix.org]
> >Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:05 PM
> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> >Cc: Randy Bush; Public Policy Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [ppml] rubber/road
> >
> >
> >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >[..]
> >> In 2 years a policy could be submitted and approved that would 
> >> radically raise prices on the IPv6 block and require you 
> to pay for 
> >> both blocks.  As long as both allocations
> >> (IPv4 and IPv6) are separate, the fear of getting jacked 
> over in the 
> >> future is a real possibility.

If you fear this, you should nominate, campaign for, and elect
Board members who assuage your fear.


> Once IPv4 space is no longer needed for routing on the 
> Internet, if the fees for IPv6 are practically nothing, how 
> exactly is ARIN going to stay in business?  Selling peat?

Is that a real fear?  I plan to do whatever I legally and 
ethically can to protect the mission of ARIN.

> Ted

Lee