[ppml] Policy Proposal 2007-15: Authentication of LegacyResources

[John Curran]

At 5:58 PM -0700 7/30/07, David Conrad wrote:
>The "future supply" of IPv4 is like the "future supply" of land and 
>will likely be managed the same way (whether or not the RIRs 
>acknowledge it).  ...
>
>Why do you think this won't happen?

Because there are many alternative outcomes? For example,
the North American Numbering Plan Administration provides for
administration of +1 numbering resources, operating under FCC
authority and using industry-developed guidelines from ATIS (*)
to provide for equitable distribution of resources.  ATIS has had
folks from quite a few carriers that work on consensus policies for
these issues, and did not fall into a market-is-inevitable situation.

If the members want a "rationing"-based resource management
approach or a "market"-based resource management approach,
then ARIN will need to advocate for such.  While the pros & cons
of a "rationed" resource approach has been well discussed, it's
harder to find actual consensus for how a market is desirable
since the standard response has been"it's just inevitable"...

/John

(*) In fact, in May of last year ATIS released its initial IPv6 Report
and Recommendations:
<http://www.atis.org/PRESS/pressreleases2006/052406.htm>
which states that IPv6 deployment is inevitable, with deployment
schedules set by individual members based on their specific needs.
The ATIS IPv6 Task Force includes representatives from AT&T,
Bell Canada, BellSouth, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper Networks, Lucent,
Nortel, Qwest and Verizon.