IPv6 woes - RFC

Wed Sep 8 18:57:19 UTC 2021

* Owen DeLong via NANOG [Wed 08 Sep 2021, 20:35 CEST]:
>IPv4 continues to increase in cost. Surely, there is a point where 
>organizations start to cry uncle.

In most western countries there isn't much growth in the total number 
of connections. It's mostly churn between providers. IPv4 addresses 
aren't wasted once a customer leaves (unlike for mobile numbers there 
is no mandated number portability for IP addresses), they can be 
reused for the next customer, they don't deteriorate when kept in 
stock, and they can likely be sold for more, later, eventually.

(As long as you buy, not rent, that is, and LIR fees don't 
significantly increase.)

	-- Niels.