[ppml] NANOG IPv4 Exhaustion BoF

[Geoff Huston]

Tom Vest wrote:
> 
> Anyone who assumes the kind of operator behavior that makes markets  
> absolutely inevitable, should also assume that hoarding for  
> profiteering or simply to keep down the competition will be the norm.  
> Anyone who assumes the kind of operator behavior that makes markets  
> absolutely inevitable, should also assume that any countervailing  
> rules that can be easily bypassed without consequence (i.e.,  
> "ineffective" rules) will be ignored.

But whats the goal here Tom?

We all share a common view that post unallocated pool exhaustion there 
will be aa period where demand outstrips supply and in a market 
situation the price of IPv4 escalates, while the price of IPv6 remains 
relative constant and relatively insignificant. Ultimately consumers are 
exposed to the price differential as is conventional when prices of 
supply shift, and it is reasonable to anticipate that most consumders 
would express a preference for a lower priced service.

Perhaps the objective here is NOT "to try and construct a perfect Ipv4 
market". Perhaps it is more along the lines of "to try and expose some 
basic economic signals about the relative scarcity of Ipv4 and Ipv6 
addresses to provide more direct and focussed impetus for industry-wide 
IPv6 adoption"


Geoff