[178913] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Friday Fun: UK Government (Dept of Work & Pensions) selling off
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Fri Mar 13 15:04:11 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:04:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>
To: Alec Muffett <alec.muffett@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAFWeb9KouZEt5DyDMsKkPsV_OwrdZ6KgQ_DWe33iBz82YkCmXA@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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"Top Quality" ?
Are they aged longer in special barrels? Polished extra nicely?
(Ouch, I think I injured my eyes from the rolling)
thanks,
-Randy
----- On Mar 13, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Alec Muffett alec.muffett@gmail.com wrot=
e:
> Perhaps I'm odd, but I find the novelty of this to be amusing:
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> IPv4 Market Group Announces the Availability of a Significant Portfolio o=
f
>> IPv4 Addresses for Purchase in the RIPE Region:
>>
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>> IPv4 Market Group, a global leader in IPv4 sales, has just announced the
>> availability of up to 2.6 million top quality IPv4 addresses for purchas=
e
>> in the RIPE region. The firm=E2=80=99s Executive Vice President for Busi=
ness
>> Development, Jeff Mehlenbacher, said that the IPv4 blocks are being offe=
red
>> in multiples of /16, with up to 7 contiguous /16=E2=80=99s and 40 /16=E2=
=80=99s in total
>> IPs.
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> ...deletia...
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> http://ipv4marketgroup.com/ipv4-addresses-ripe-region/
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> It's related to this blogpost:
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> https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/19/freeing-up-unused-ip-=
addresses/
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> ...and I gather that perhaps - although it's currently being marketed as =
a
> bunch of /16s - they might also entertain the possibility of selling it a=
s
> an entire /8 for a reasonable price.
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> I'm wondering: have we passed the point of peak IPv4 scarcity? Is selling
> an entire /8 still a viable proposition? Apparently UK Gov may have more
> than one...
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> - alec
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