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

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Sprunk
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 1:45 PM
> To: David Farmer
> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: 
> IPv4 Recovery Fund
> 
> 
> I think that, regardless of the exact mechanism of transfers 
> or bidding, ARIN should operate a voluntary listing service, 
> as is done in the real estate industry.  Sure, you can buy 
> and sell property outside that system if you have a good 
> reason, but the vast majority of buyers and sellers (at least 
> in arms-length transactions) choose to use the listing 
> service because it will provide them the best price.  And, 
> after a bit of data accumulates, we will _all_ have a much 
> better idea of the fair market value of various size blocks, 
> and there will be even less incentive to go outside the 
> listing system.
> 

However the people with the IPv4 blocks do not own them,
the people with real estate do own it.  It's a different
paradigm.

Ted