RE: Independent space from ARIN

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>]

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
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