[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-151 Limiting Needs Requirements for IPv4 Transfers

[Owen DeLong]

On May 24, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:

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> On May 25, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
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>>> And when that happens, the price of addresses will go up, and more will enter the pool.
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>> And the big boys will buy them, too. I'm not sure why you can't see this.
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> Who cares? The "big boys" already have a huge advantage in IPv4 space and this will continue. There's nothing you can do at this point to mitigate the problem.
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> We're arguing over a policy change that would make everything much easier to manage post-runout and which moves the needle, in the worst case, from 99.9% to 100%. (Though with the /12 limit, probably not even that far)
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> Matthew Kaufman

I disagree. I think we're talking about moving the needle from 25 or 30% to 100% and that's not
a good move for the community.

So, to answer your first question... I care and I believe many other members of the community,
some of whom have spoken up in this debate also care.

Owen