[arin-ppml] REQUEST FOR ARIN STAFF Was: Re: Policy Proposal 120: Protecting Number Resources

[Owen DeLong]

On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Hannigan, Martin wrote:

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> On 11/9/10 3:48 PM, "Hannigan, Martin" <marty at akamai.com> wrote:
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>> On 11/9/10 3:03 PM, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:
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>>> So in almost 7 years, we've reclaimed less than we gave Comcast last week.
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>>> Looks like a pretty small problem with minimal gain to me.
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>> Taking the largest and the smallest years and mapping back to a cost of $40
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>>> 2004:  29.00 /16s
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>> 7424 /24 = $76,021,760.00
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> 2007 was larger, mea culpa:
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> 7808 /24 = $$79,953,920.00
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> And the implication is that if members have to go out and access markets for
> addresses that they could get from ARIN, this "small problem" is
> devastating.
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The implication is that if members continue to procrastinate IPv6
deployments and need addresses once none are available, the market
isn't a cost effective solution vs. IPv6 transition.

Owen