[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal -- Normalize Free pool and Transfer justification periods

Matthew Kaufman matthew at matthew.at
Fri Jan 13 20:29:19 EST 2012


On 1/13/2012 4:53 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
>> What I *think* is really going on is that the buyers on the current transfer market are buying way more than 3 or even 12 months worth of space, but the price paid is worth fighting to have the transfer recognized.
>>
> I'm not sure I understand this statement.
>

If I want some address space, I go write up an application and apply and 
see how much I get.

But if I just paid $1M for a /16, then I have $1M riding on making sure 
my application justifies a /16. I think that incentive results in more 
carefully worded applications, as it were.

Matthew Kaufman



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