[arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: IPv4 Recovery Fund

[Leo Bicknell]

In a message written on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 05:08:06PM -0400, Martin Hannigan wrote:
>    This may be ineffective. Considering that transfers with cash benefit
>    are occurring now, it may be worthwhile to consider making policies
>    like this one "emergency".

All of the offered transfer policies (2008-2, 2008-6, 2009-1, 2009-4)
require the "buyer" to qualify for the space under current ARIN
rules.  That is, they must go through the exact same process they
go through to get space from ARIN (for normal ARIN fees) in order
to be able to transfer space.

>    Are we not simply acknowledging the gray market with this policy and
>    attempting to compete? I think that if ARIN offered a price lower than
>    the current $250K per /16 for example (~$4 per /32),  they would not

Are the folks currently paying $250k per /16 able to qualify under
existing ARIN policies?  If so, why are they paying $250k for
something they can get from ARIN for $4500.

More importantly, if they can't qualify, none of the proposals help.
None of the proposals will make any difference positively or
negatively on a "black" or even "grey" market.

-- 
       Leo Bicknell - bicknell at ufp.org - CCIE 3440
        PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
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