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

[michael.dillon at bt.com]

> If people NEED IPv4 after runout (as opposed to merely liking 
> to have some), then a transfer market will exist, and those 
> unused IPv4 numbers of HP and Apple will suddenly have a 
> transferable value 

What if HP and Apple sell those addresses to the Russian government for
use in their schools connectivity program? Everyone assumes that ARIN
region ISPs would be able to buy up addresses that they need, but
markets are global these days. And both Apple and HP could potentially
get some business advantage from a Russian sale that they would not get
by selling to local ISPs.

--Michael Dillon