Re: Allocation of IP Addresses

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

At 10:51 AM 3/14/96 -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> "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, this is a ridiculous comparison. One could also argue that you
can grow more food, and that you could build more apartments. Obviously,
you can do neither with a finite address sapce.

- paul