Re: IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

[Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc () internode com au>]

On 10/02/2011, at 4:39 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:

> In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102092156050.16359 () goat gigo com>, Jason Fesler wri
> tes:
> > > In my recent probe of route servers, I found 22 legacy /8's that were partly
> >
> > > or completely unused.  I'm a little surprised ARIN/ICANN thinks it's a waste
> >
> > > of time to even try to reclaim them.
>
> Because it is a waste of time and money.


That's an assertion I've heard, but has anyone quantified it?   How much time and money would it take?  Has anyone just 
asked the 22 /8 holders mentioned above nicely if they might just like to give them back for some good publicity?  You 
know, US DoD migrates to IPv6 and returns X /8s for the good of the American people (assume ARIN) so that broadband 
might continue to grow and thrive in the land of the free?

MMC