Re: Routing wars pending?

[bmanning () ISI EDU]

> Owen said:
> > Sean said:
> > > Hm, routing wars.  Fun stuff.  Expect much heat on this shortly... :(
> [...] 
> > The question boils down to who really does own the address space, and
> > frankly, the fact that money changed hands causes me to lean more towads
> > the person who paid.
>
> Well, but was the changing of money for a *purchase* or a *lease* ?  The coming
> CIDRization seems to lend itself more toward leasing your IPs from your provider
> than purchasing them... much like small companies rarely buy a suite in a larger
> building, instead they lease... with IPs though, the length of term of the lease
> would be something to the effect of 'while getting service from the same provider'.
>
>  --Zachary

Er... Remeber that this works for providers as well. They don't "own" the CIDR
blocks they have either.  They have them on loan from the address registries.

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--bill