[arin-ppml] The Library Book Approach to IPv4 Scarcity
Craig Finseth
craig.finseth at state.mn.us
Wed Oct 29 08:34:37 EDT 2008
...
> 3) Organizations will not ever unused and/or unneeded IPv4
> space to the RIR.
This serves no practical purpose. What about:
3a) Organizations will not ever {return??} unused and/or unneeded IPv4
space to the RIR because they will use said space to spin off a wholly
owned subsidiary ISP that would use said space to provide IPv4
connectivity to customers who [cough] happen to have cash to pay for it?
...
Or, for those that aren't mercenaries:
3b) Organizations will never return unused space (in a useful timeframe)
because it costs little to keep it and the risk is that, if you give it
up, you won't be able to get more. The latter risk is so high (for
most organizations) that the cost to keep it would have to be exhorbitantly
high to offset it. Once the organization has mostly converted to v6,
they can get rid of the v4 space, but by then who cares?
Craig
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