[20126] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [YA] Fwd: Class B Purchase
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Conrad)
Mon Oct 5 23:57:03 1998
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 14:47:20 -0700
To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>
From: "David R. Conrad" <David_Conrad@isc.org>
Cc: "David R. Conrad" <David_Conrad@isc.org>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19981005151419.A1500@mcs.net>
Karl,
>Actually, there's every reason to believe that if you have space from prior
>to the adoption of RFC2008 and 2050 you indeed do have something which is
>(1) property, and (2) valuable if someone is willing to pay you for it.
As has been demonstrated repeatedly on this list and elsewhere, there are
people who place not-insignificant value on addresses. The pragmatic among
us would probably argue that even after 2008/2050 or any other
pronouncement by any involved party, address space has value and in fact
has had and will have value as long as it provides an opportunity for a
service that has value. Arguments to the contrary are approximately
equivalent to arguing the tide should not come in 'cause it messes up our
nice sand castles.
Regards,
-drc
