Multihoming sites and ARIN

[Scott Huddle]

Observation 5,

The creation of markets for IP space and routing slots obviates
the need for ARIN as a policy body for allocation (i.e., 
the market does the allocation), further with a true market
we can now have competing registries for IP space -- similar
to the IAHC results, registries do registry work, rather
than attempt to regulate market forces.  

Observation 6,

With the removal of allocation policy issues, ARIN becomes
a lot less controversial, and the costs of lawyers goes 
way down :)  

Observation 7,

I'm soliciting bids from any tier-1 provider who will 
guarantee, through their own routing and by negotiation with
their peers, for 100 routing table slots for a period of
three years.

-scott

At 03:18 PM 2/20/97 PST, Yakov Rekhter wrote:
>Scott,
>
>> >On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Scott Huddle wrote:
>> >> I bid $2500 for a /19 anywhere in The Swamp.  Those holding /24s
>> >> are encouraged to find their neighbors and put together a
>> >> contiguous block.  
>> >
>> >Heck, I'd bid $5000 for the same, and consider it a standing offer.
>> 
>> Observation 1, if there were a market for address space, there is 
>> money to pay for renumbering.  (i.e., I'll pay you $Y for your
>> two discontiguous /18s and give you a /19 in new space.)
>> 
>> Observation 2, the job of a registry in a market scheme becomes
>> more one of recording "trusteeship" rather than setting policy 
>> of distribution.  
>> 
>> Observation 3, $5001. :) 
>
>Somewhat controversial:
>
>Observation 4: the decision on whether there should be a market
>for address space should  be controlled *neither* by registries,
>*nor* by various I* organizations (IETF, ISOC, IAB, IESG).
>
>Yakov.
>
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