[YA] Fwd: Class B Purchase

Mon Oct 5 20:14:19 UTC 1998

David,

Actually, there's every reason to believe that if you have space from prior
to the adoption of RFC2008 and 2050 you indeed do have something which is
(1) property, and (2) valuable if someone is willing to pay you for it.

Specifically, RFC2008 says:

While it has never been explicitly stated that various Internet
   Registries use the "address ownership" allocation policy, it has
      always been assumed (and practiced).

That sentence, in particular the last five words of that sentence, are 
extremely important.  10+ years of a given practice and set of operating
rules cannot be overturned by fiat.

--
-- 
Karl Denninger (karl at denninger.net) http://www.mcs.net/~karl
I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give
up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization.

On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 11:47:01AM -0700, David R. Conrad wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Seems scanning ARIN's database for B's is becoming a trend.  Anybody want
> to provide the procmail incantation to forward flems and other wasted bits
> (like this message) to Gabriel automatically?  
> 
> Don't these people realize addresses have no value?  After all, addresses
> are just integers.  Right, Bill?  :-)
> 
> Hmmm.  At last!  A way to cover the upkeep costs for my black helicopter
> (they're so useful, I didn't want to return it when I left APNIC)!  As
> APNIC's 16 Bs are still registered to me, I see a _wonderful_ profit
> potential -- anybody got the URL for the Address Black Market, I seem to
> have misplaced it...?
> 
> Regards,
> -drc
> ---------------
> >Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 06:57:07 GMT
> >From: "CommuniTech.Net, Inc." <gabriel at communitech.net>
> >Subject: Class B Purchase
> >To: <davidc at apnic.net>, <gabriel at communitech.net>
> >
> >My name is Gabriel Murphy and I am with CommuniTech.Net, a rapidly growing 
> >Internet Presence Provider.  I am writing you today to inquire if you might
> >be interested in selling the Class B you have registered through the American
> >Registry of Internet Numbers.
> >
> >As you may or may not know, ARIN is no longer issuing Class B blocks.  Our 
> >business is growing quickly and the availability of IP Addresses is
> fundamental 
> >to our business going forward.  
> >
> >If you are interested in selling the Class B you have through ARIN, please 
> >contact me personally at gabriel at communitech.net.  We realize that an
> outright 
> >purchase of a Class B would be expensive, but it is extremly important to
> the 
> >future of our business.  We are quite serious about this inquiry and hope to 
> >hear from you soon.
> >
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >Gabriel Murphy
> >CommuniTech.Net Inc.
> >http://www.communitech.net
> > 