RE: Opinions of recent ITU Comments on the Management of IP Addre sses

["Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:17 AM
> To: Vince Hoffman
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Opinions of recent ITU Comments on the Management of IP
> Addresses
>
>
>
> On 22-nov-04, at 21:16, Vince Hoffman wrote:
>
> > "This memorandum includes a proposal to create a new IPv6 address 
> > space distribution process, based solely on national authorities.
>
> This is not exactly what it says in
>
> >
> http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/tsb-director/itut-wsis/files/zhao-net
> gov01.pdf
>
> A quote:
>
> "The early allocation of IPv4 addresses resulted in geographic 
> imbalances and an  excessive possession of the address space by early 
> adopters. This situation was  recognized and addressed by the 
> Regional 
> Internet Registries (RIRs). However, despite  their best efforts, and 
> even though a very large portion of the IPv4 space has not been  
> assigned, some believe that there is a shortage of IPv4 addresses and 
> voice concerns  regarding the principles and managements of 
> the current 
> system. Some developing  countries have raised issues regarding IP 
> address allocation. It is important to ensure that  similar 
> concerns do 
> not arise with respect to IPv6. I have discussed with some industry  
> experts my idea to reserve a block of IPv6 addresses for 
> allocation by 
> authorities of  countries, that is, assigning a block to a country at 
> no cost, and letting the country itself  manage this kind of 
> address in 
> IPv6. By assigning addresses to countries, we will enable  any 
> particular user to choose their preferred source of addresses: either 
> the countryassigned ones or the region/international-assigned ones."


That's a little different than what DOC thinks:

" A.        Need for Government Involvement in IPv6 Deployment

  1.         Reliance on Market Forces       

            As a general matter, government policymakers in the United
States prefer to rely on market forces for the large-scale deployment of new
technologies.  In most cases, reliance on the market tends to produce the
most efficient allocation of resources, the greatest level of innovation,
and the maximum amount of societal welfare.  Accordingly, we seek comment on
whether market forces alone will be sufficient to drive a reasonable and
timely level of IPv6 deployment in the United States.  For example, given
commenters' views on the current and predicted rates of IPv6 deployment, do
commenters believe those rates demonstrate a sufficient uptake of IPv6 in
the United States?  We ask commenters to identify the specific reasons for
their positions.
"

DOC Comments Period in IPV6

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2004/IPv6RFCFinal.htm

The actual comments:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ntiageneral/ipv6/commentsindex.html


The July Public Meeting

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ntiageneral/ipv6/webcast.html