IPv4 address exchange

Tue Apr 19 20:45:57 UTC 2011

John,

Given ARIN's STLS, it would seem even ARIN has the 'right perspective' to see the "up$ide". It's more about the implication of folks having increasing financial incentive to go outside the existing mechanisms (e.g., Nortel/Microsoft) and the implications that has on network operations.

Since it would seem we have an impedance mismatch on this topic, I'll not bore NANOG with further discussion.

Regards,
-drc

On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:37 AM, John Curran wrote:

> On Apr 19, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Jeff Wheeler <jsw at inconcepts.biz> wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how a bunch of different
>> entities providing fragmented "post-allocation services" is of any
>> benefit.
> 
> Jeff -
> 
>    Imagine for a moment that you had quite a few 
> unneeded addresses and the upheaval also meant 
> no pesky policy constraints on your monetization efforts -  
> would you then view it as having some benefit?  You just 
> might not have the right perspective to appreciate the 
> potential up$ide...
> 
> /John 
> 
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
> 
> 