Re: Sad IPv4 story?

[Roland Perry <lists () internetpolicyagency com>]

In article <4EE6E7D2.8060306 () bogus com>, Joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com> 
writes
> > So now we will reap the consequences and it will be at the cost of
> > new market entrants (which I am sure will please some people) and
> > perhaps cold hard cash for those who cannot expand their business or
> > have to 'buy' address space.
>
> New market entrants are the customers of existing operators, so their
> plight and the feasibility of being a new market entrant  impacts our
> bottom lines.

On the three occasions where I've been involved in running a new market 
entrant they were not previously a customer of an existing operator 
(other than the founders having an earlier personal online account with 
someone or other).

So it's not always a case of an entrant getting started using someone 
else's IP transit (and IP addressing), then bringing that in-house.
--
Roland Perry