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

[Michael K. Smith - Adhost]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-
> bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Ted Mittelstaedt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:54 PM
> To: Ron Cleven; arin-discuss at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] [ppml] Counsel statement on Legacy
> assignments?
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net
> >[mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net]On Behalf Of Ron Cleven
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:37 PM
> >To: arin-discuss at arin.net
> >Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] [ppml] Counsel statement on Legacy
> >assignments?
> >
> >
> >
> 
> >
> >Even under those ridiculous circumstances, ARIN could switch all
other
> >non-legacy IPV4 holdings to scale their annual dues directly
> >proportional to the size of their IP space.  Once that "price" per IP
> is
> >established, they could act as a broker for legacy-holders to
> "monetize"
> >(gee, what a great word you used) their IPV4 holdings.  That is,
> legacy
> >holders could retire their IP space for the same price as new IP
space
> >is issued for.  It would be amusing to see all of the legacy holders
> >(and big ISP's) line up to sell their IP space (first-come,
> >first-served, boys).  The cost to ARIN would be purely an
> administrative
> >one, because ARIN would only purchase blocks based upon need.  And
> >because the net effect would be a self-policing system, their total
> >administrative burden would be reduced.
> 
> I'm not sure how exactly the legacy holders can start selling blocks
of
> IPv4 when they have assigned so much of it to coke machines and
> doorknobs.
> ;-)
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Sorry, couldn't resist.

Mike