Re: ARIN IPV4 Countdown

[Geoffrey Keating <geoffk () geoffk org>]

"Tony Hain" <alh-ietf () tndh net> writes:

> Owen DeLong wrote:
> > I vote for a /24 lotto to get rid of the rest!
>
> That would take too long to get organized. Just suspend fees and policy
> requirements and give one to each of the first 400 requestors. Overall it
> would reduce costs related to evaluating "need", so the lack of fee income
> would not be a major loss. 
>
> > (just kidding)
>
> I am not ... It is long past time to move on, so getting rid of the
> distraction might help with those still holding out hope.

It won't be long, ARIN has been processing over 350 IPv4 requests each
of the last few months.