Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million

Thu Mar 24 16:54:45 UTC 2011

Actually ARIN rules don't say anything about bankruptcy. However, in the event that
the organization ceases to exist and there is no successor organization taking over
the network infrastructure under an 8.2 transfer, yes, the resources would revert to
ARIN.

The only other (legitimate) possibility is a section 8.3 transfer (which would require
approval by ARIN also).

In both an 8.2 and an 8.3 transfer, the recipient organization has to show justified need.
The collection of blocks in question does not sound like it would be permitted under 8.3,
so, perhaps Micr0$0ft is also acquiring part of Nortel's operations that are using those
addresses as well.

Owen

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On Mar 24, 2011, at 9:27 AM, "Aaron Wendel"<aaron at wholesaleinternet.net> wrote:

> That's a good question.  Maybe they can't qualify under Arin rules.  Another question will be: how is Arin going to handle it?
> 
> Im pretty sure that the RSA says that in the event of bankruptcy ips revert to the Arin pool.  I understand that these were legacy addresses but.......
> 
> Aaron
> 
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> -----Original message-----
> From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org>
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 14:08:21 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million
> 
> In a message written on Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 09:32:21AM -0400, Bret Clark wrote:
>> Why would Microsoft need this many IP's? I could see the benefitingservice providers much more.
> 
> I think the more interesting question is why would Microsoft pay
> $7.5 million for something they can, at least for the moment, get
> for free.
> 
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