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

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
>> 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? 

Shhh!  Shut up Michael!!!!  Your spilling the beans on the secret
plans to make Russia even less competitive!!!!  We were planning on
getting them addicted to IPv4 so that when it ran out they would be as 
screwed us as we are, and now you've gone and spoiled it!!


Ted