[arin-discuss] [ppml] Counsel statement on Legacy assignments?

[Keith W. Hare]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Mittelstaedt [mailto:tedm at ipinc.net] 
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:09 PM
 
> The real issue is threefold:
> 
> 1) Is there enough unused IPv4 in large legacy holders to 
> make a difference in
> IPv4 runout rates?
> 
> 2) If there is, should ARIN spend time attempting to retrieve it?
> 
> 3) If ARIN should, is it even possible to go about doing so 
> without creating undesirable side effects?
> 
> All 3 of these questions are tied up with each other, and if 
> the answer to any of them is NO then the entire issue is moot.
> 

If this is the real issue, then why do the discussions of legacy address
holders always turn into claims that legacy address holders haven't paid
their fair share?

Keith