[arin-ppml] [arin-council] Returning Legacy Space to IANA. Attorney client communcation.

[Martin Hannigan]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Randy Bush<randy at psg.com> wrote:
>> in san antonio, jcurran described the return-to-IANA policy for
>> recovered space as a "land grab".
>
> it isn't.  it is a test by lacnic to show that the arin region is run by
> self-serving imperialist yanquis.
>
> they believe, rightly or wrongly, that the us military will return,
> under a deal made with arin, a large amount of ipv4 space in return for
> the blocking of an amazing amount of ipv6 space.  lacnic, and others,
> believe that, should this occur, that ipv4 space should be shared by
> all.
>


Most large service providers in the region don't believe we're going
to get a fair shake in the end. Hopefully, the AC and BoT realize
that.

These paranoia's are creating the conditions for the markets that
everyone fears.

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