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

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Farmer [mailto:farmer at umn.edu] 
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 2:45 PM
> To: 'David Farmer'; arin-ppml at arin.net; Ted Mittelstaedt
> Subject: RE: [arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: 
> IPv4 RecoveryFund
> 
> On 13 Apr 2009 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> 
> > DO you really want people publically bitching because 2 
> months ago an 
> > IPv4 block they bought today for $500 was going for $200 
> and they feel 
> > cheated?  Or they buy that $500 block then a week later the 
> published 
> > "index" shows the price down to $400 because someone turned in a /8 
> > they didn't need anymore?
> 
> I'd be happy to set up an mail filter to auto respond to 
> people bitching about IPv4 pricing and variability with 
> convert to IPv6 and your problem goes away.
> 
> So, YES, this is exactly what I think we what, IPv4 addresses 
> generally trending to more expensive but with a high degree a 
> variability in the pricing.
> 
> > We need to be encouraging people to go to IPv6.  Publicizing the 
> > current "bounty" for free IPv4 just draws attention to
> > IPv4 at the expense of IPv6.  If members of the community 
> think that 
> > ARIN's non-publically-disclosed pricing is unfair, then I have a 
> > simple solution for them - don't buy IPv4.
> 
> I disagree, publicizing that it is expensive and risky to stick with
> IPv4 would help drive people toward the stability and 
> generally lower cost of IPv6.
> 

NOT publicizing it is even more effective, as people invariably
assume it's more expensive than it really is.

Which do you immediately assume is more expensive?

An expensive
snooty restaurant with a 5 star cook that charges $60 a steak?
Or an expensive snooty restaurant with a 5 star cook that doesn't
put the prices on the menu and has the attitude that if you have
to ask, you cannot afford it.

Ted