[ppml] NANOG IPv4 Exhaustion BoF
>
> Raul Echeberria wrote:
> >> Without some form of transfer policy, ARIN simply becomes
> irrelevant
> >> as address consumers go to the "black" market in order to
> meet their
> >> requirements.
> >
> > Or they adopt IPv6.
> > Which are the factors that will make take one decision or
> other is an
> > interesting discussion.
>
>
> Don't forget that, until the entire rest of the world adopts
> IPv6, organizations doing so will still need IPv4
> addresses/connectivity to run dual-stack or some sort of (yet
> to be standardized or
> commercialized) protocol translation. If nothing else, a
> legitimate market for IPv4 transfers will ensure that new
> entrants can get the IPv4 addresses they need to support
> whatever technology they choose to use to communicate with
> the rest of the IPv4 Internet.
>
> -Scott
Well, we'd like to think that such market would 'ensure' that they would
get the addresses they 'need'.
I'd say that this may be probable, but uncertain....
bd