[138950] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tore Anderson)
Thu Mar 24 11:10:23 2011
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:10:17 +0100
From: Tore Anderson <tore.anderson@redpill-linpro.com>
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
In-Reply-To: <1CE5632A-F1A4-4ABA-B3AF-7C86B754B384@pch.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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* Bill Woodcock
> They can only get them _at all_ if they can document need. All
> receipt of address space, whether from the free-pool or through a
> transfer, is needs-based.
I've understood that this claim is undisputed *only* for address space
that is covered by the ARIN LRSA or any other normal RIR agreement. (I
have no idea if that is the case for this particular address space or not.)
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Tore Anderson
Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com
Tel: +47 21 54 41 27