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Re: IPv6 deployment excuses
From: Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 17:59:28 +0300
On 4 July 2016 at 17:33, Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> wrote:
The simple fact that there is/are IP broker exchanges now simply proves there are surplus IPs to go around.
I'm unsure of the message. Is the statement that if commodity is tradable, there is surplus to go around? Is converse true? If I can't buy it, there is no surplus? I don't think either statement is correct. Lot of things exist in exactly 1 copy, and there is market for them, so market does not imply 'surplus to go around'. And lack of market does not imply 'surplus to go around', merely lack of demand. Yes, US has more IP addresses allocated to them than there are people, several times over. This is not true for earth. We need more addresses, IPv4 addresses are scarce. Just because I can throw money at the problem, does not mean problem does not exist. I am privileged, but people shouldn't need to have my privileges to have access to Internet. -- ++ytti
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- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses, (continued)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Matt Hoppes (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Baldur Norddahl (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Mikael Abrahamsson (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Matt Hoppes (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Christopher Morrow (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Hugo Slabbert (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Scott Morizot (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Mark Tinka (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Scott Morizot (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Matt Hoppes (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Saku Ytti (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Mark Tinka (Jul 04)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Mark Tinka (Jul 04)
- RE: IPv6 deployment excuses Spencer Ryan (Jul 02)
- RE: IPv6 deployment excuses Keith Medcalf (Jul 02)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Mike Hammett (Jul 02)
- RE: IPv6 deployment excuses Keith Medcalf (Jul 02)
- Re: IPv6 deployment excuses Mark Andrews (Jul 11)
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