[136479] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Thu Feb 3 10:40:29 2011
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:17:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
To: Alex Rubenstein <alex@corp.nac.net>
In-Reply-To: <FF5E2BD4C989EB41B60A6DC6CA8D29522F2431EA11@EXCHMBX.hq.nac.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> And we have yet to see what happens with backend transactions between
> private institutions that have large blocks laying around, and them
> realizing that they have a marketable and valuable thing. We may all say
> it won't happen, we may even say we don't want it to happen, or that it
> shouldn't be allowed - but I'm a realist.
Be a realist. A private market in IPv4 leasing is inevitable. The RIRs
won't/can't prevent it.
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