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

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Tom Vest
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 4:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: 
> IPv4 RecoveryFund
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> 
> Lucrative businesses often take root in gaps like this; 
> what's going to prevent them from doing so in this case?
> More to the point, what's going to motivate the new market 
> makers to accept a near-term closure of this particular gap, 
> given the possibility of keeping it open indefinitely?
> 

Nothing.  But, there are still people selling old wooden candlestick
telephones for home use:

http://www.eurocosm.com/Application/Products/Teleph/150-series-GB.asp


"...What distinguishes our range of candlestick telephones is ... the
care we take in producing an attractive museum piece that can be used
every day for making calls..."

Once the majority of the Internet has
switched to IPv6, there will be plenty of IPv4 available for
those who want to dual-stack for the next 50 years.

What matters is what the large networks do - what the majority
does.  For where they go, the rest of the world will eventually
follow.

Ted