[arin-discuss] Food for thought: IPv4 accountability.

[Chris Gotstein]

I would love to get my IPv6 on, but it doesn't go very far.... :)

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Chris Gotstein
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Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> Chris Gotstein <chris at uplogon.com> writes:
> 
>> I would agree.  Us small guys don't want to get to a point where the
>> big guys are holding available IP address space over our heads for a
>> fee.
> 
> We've been there before, where address space was ridiculously
> difficult or costly to get:
> 
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Network_Identification_Code
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAP_address
> 
> Funny thing happened...  those areas did not take off, and the
> Internet was built on competing technology.
> 
> Ever thought that in a post-exhaustion world, the path of least
> resistance might be to just go ahead and get your IPv6 on?
> 
> -r
> 
>