[arin-ppml] ARIN-2011-5: Shared Transition Space for IPv4 Address Extension - Last Call

[Leif Sawyer]

It would be difficult, if not downright impossible for anybody but the largest of MSO/ISP/LIR players to succeed in "bulk-buying" of address space.

Everybody else would be priced out of the market.

Fortunately, the proposal quashes that unlevel playing field, and sets up a system where ALL players are on equal footing.

And that is a very good thing.

Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:


>
>> I'm really not seeing a point to your financial statement here.
>
> If there is real need and this proposal does not end up being
> implemented, you'll see this group pool their money and acquire
> address space. They would likely opt to cost share the transaction and
> the divisors would work in their favor.
>
Uh, perhaps, but, more likely they will get it from ARIN and not
from the market. Further, more likely, rather than pool their money,
they'll just get individual assignments/allocations.

It's cheaper for each of them to simply get the addresses from ARIN
individually than to go to your speculative market pricing and it's
quite a bit less complicated for each of them to apply individually
than to try and convince ARIN to allocate to a consortium.

Owen

_______________________________________________
PPML
You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to
the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML at arin.net).
Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:
http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml
Please contact info at arin.net if you experience any issues.