Independent space from ARIN
Kris Foster
Kris.Foster at telus.com
Mon Apr 14 20:20:51 UTC 2003
Was this tongue in cheek?
I am not an economist, but this is a sure fire way to destroy the internet
as we know it today.
Kris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Ross [mailto:bross at sockeye.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 4:20 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Independent space from ARIN
>
>
>
> The solution to the problems posted in this thread about ARIN
> is fairly
> simple. It's time to deregulate the IP address market and
> convert to a
> free market approach to allocating IP addresses. If address
> space could
> be bought and sold on a free market you would no longer have
> to justify
> your address space to anyone, saving untold amount of
> resources and costs
> pulling these reports together. Of course, address space wouldn't be
> wasted the way it is today by organizations that hoard it, or
> by companies
> that go out of business because it would make sound financial sense to
> sell what you don't need.
>
> ARIN (and the other registries as well) could still exist and
> function as
> a central repository (think of a title registry) of
> information about the
> current ownership of address blocks.
>
> --
> Brandon Ross
> AIM: BrandonNR
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> ICQ: 2269442
> Sockeye Networks
>
>
>
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