[arin-ppml] Alternative to arbitrary transfers

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Santos [mailto:JOHN at egh.com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:10 PM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> Cc: 'Kevin Kargel'; 'ARIN PPML'
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Alternative to arbitrary transfers
> 
> 
> It wasn't necessarily a lie.  It could have been completely 
> legit at the time.  May A is cutting back and has closed a 
> bunch of facilities.  Maybe A has acquired X, Y and Z and has 
> renumbered or consolidated so it only needs one or two of the 
> original 4.
> Maybe A is using RFC1988 or IPv6 internally and no longer 
> needs all its original allocation.
> 

That wasn't the kind of thing I was talking about.  In those cases
the org that requested did so in accordance with the contract.

It's the orgs that supply totally bogus information in an
attempt to obtain numbers purely for speculatory purposes that
are in violation.  A transfer market will encourage this
kind of behavior immensely IMHO.

Ted