Re: "It's the end of the world as we know it" -- REM

[David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>]

On Apr 24, 2013, at 9:59 AM, Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com> wrote:
> > A demand curve would show that as prices increase, there is demand for fewer IPv4 addresses.

And the other side of the coin: where there is demand and excess supply (e.g., allocated but unused addresses), the 
price increase would create an incentive to sell off the excess (i.e., what we're seeing in the IPv4 trading markets).

> Totally agree, your point is the larger issue at hand, just pointing
> out and ugly issue that I witnessed recently.  Corporate networks and
> ASNs totally off and not in use.  But don't worry, they will use them
> if someone tries to take them away.

Or they'll sell/lease them. The prospective address consumer then can figure out whether paying the buy/rent price for 
new IPv4 addresses makes sense compared to moving to IPv6+translation or buying (more) CGN.

Regards,
-drc