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Re: Allocation of IP Addresses

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu Mar 14 10:58:05 1996

To: "David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>
cc: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>, "'com-priv list'" <com-priv@psi.com>,
        "'NANOG List'" <nanog@merit.edu>,
        "'NIC Registry list'" <nic-registry@internic.net>,
        davidc@teckla.apnic.net
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:49:34 +0900."
             <199603140249.LAA24727@teckla.apnic.net> 
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 10:51:25 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>


"David R. Conrad" writes:
> Your proposal is?  If you say charging for address space, please
> explain what would stop deep pocket companies from buying up all the
> address space?

If you start charging for food, what would stop deep pocket companies
from buying up all the food?

If you start charging rent for apartments, what would stop deep pocket
companies from renting all the apartments?

Perry

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