The Reg does 240/4

Thu Feb 15 13:25:56 UTC 2024

Once upon a time, Christopher Hawker <chris at thesysadmin.au> said:
> The idea to this is to allow new networks to emerge onto the internet, without potentially having to fork out substantial amounts of money.

There is a substatial amount of money involved in trying to make 240/4
usable on the Internet.  Network equipment vendors, software vendors,
and companies and users currently operating on the Internet will have to
spend time and money to make that happen.

So basically, you are looking for everyone currently involved in the
Internet operations to subsidize these theoretical new companies, which
may be competitors, may or may not succeed (lots of new companies fail
for reasons unrelated to IPv4 address space cost), etc.

Are you also looking for new rules to impose additional limits on
transfers of 240/4 space?  Because since you want this space to go to
new companies, a bunch of them will fail (as a lot of companies do not
succeed) and be bought out by existing larger companies, just shifting
that 240/4 space right back into the same hands.  In fact, it would be
an obvious incentive to start a venture that can qualify for 240/4
space, only to turn around and sell the business to a pre-existing
company that wants more IPv4 space.

If you want 240/4 to be reserved for these new companies, you haven't
identified ANY reason for ANY existing company or user to exert any
resources, other than "but I want it".
-- 
Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>