[102523] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Mon Feb 18 23:06:24 2008
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:04:22 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch@muada.com>,
"David Conrad" <drc@virtualized.org>
Cc: "Brandon Galbraith" <brandon.galbraith@gmail.com>,
"Nanog" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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I am not sure it's a perfectly functioning market.=20
The whole point of a market is to penalize the holding excess inventory =
of IP addresses.=20
There is no penalty today because there is no opportunity cost to =
holding excess inventory. :)
What's amazingly ironic is how the free market guys suddenly vanish when =
one wants to apply free markets to their industry ...
:)
Roderick S. Beck
Director of European Sales
Hibernia Atlantic
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris
http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.=20
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I am not sure it's a perfectly functioning market.<BR>
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The whole point of a market is to penalize the holding excess inventory =
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There is no penalty today because there is no opportunity cost to =
holding excess inventory. :)<BR>
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What's amazingly ironic is how the free market guys suddenly vanish when =
one wants to apply free markets to their industry ...<BR>
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:)<BR>
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Roderick S. Beck<BR>
Director of European Sales<BR>
Hibernia Atlantic<BR>
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris<BR>
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Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.<BR>
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