[57598] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Independent space from ARIN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Mon Apr 14 17:52:14 2003
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:49:00 +0100 (BST)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
To: Brandon Ross <bross@sockeye.com>
Cc: Kris Foster <Kris.Foster@telus.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304141631410.911-100000@pigeon>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Brandon Ross wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Kris Foster wrote:
>
> > Was this tongue in cheek?
>
> Nope.
>
> > I am not an economist, but this is a sure fire way to destroy the internet
> > as we know it today.
>
> Why is this so hard to believe? Real estate is mostly a free market, and
> that seems to perform pretty well for the most part. How is address space
> that different? Please explain how you believe this would destroy the
> internet.
Heh!
Steve
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brandon Ross [mailto:bross@sockeye.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 4:20 PM
> > > To: nanog@merit.edu
> > > Subject: Re: Independent space from ARIN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The solution to the problems posted in this thread about ARIN
> > > is fairly
> > > simple. It's time to deregulate the IP address market and
> > > convert to a
> > > free market approach to allocating IP addresses. If address
> > > space could
> > > be bought and sold on a free market you would no longer have
> > > to justify
> > > your address space to anyone, saving untold amount of
> > > resources and costs
> > > pulling these reports together. Of course, address space wouldn't be
> > > wasted the way it is today by organizations that hoard it, or
> > > by companies
> > > that go out of business because it would make sound financial sense to
> > > sell what you don't need.
> > >
> > > ARIN (and the other registries as well) could still exist and
> > > function as
> > > a central repository (think of a title registry) of
> > > information about the
> > > current ownership of address blocks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brandon Ross
> > > AIM: BrandonNR
> > > VP Operations
> > > ICQ: 2269442
> > > Sockeye Networks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
