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Re: Independent space from ARIN
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:39:48 +0200
Brandon Ross wrote: > The solution to the problems posted in this thread about ARIN is fairly > simple. It's time to deregulate the IP address market and convert to a > free market approach to allocating IP addresses. If address space could > be bought and sold on a free market you would no longer have to justify > your address space to anyone, saving untold amount of resources and costs > pulling these reports together. Of course, address space wouldn't be > wasted the way it is today by organizations that hoard it, or by companies > that go out of business because it would make sound financial sense to > sell what you don't need.
I am sure Microsoft would love to have this implemented. For them to drop, say, $5b and buy up all remaining available IP address space is no big deal. Then, anytime you boot up Win/XP2 you would be assigned an IP address from their pool (MS/DHCPv4) so that you could work on their new IP/XP2 network which used to be called the Internet. Of course every time you boot, your credit card would be debitted $1.
After implementing IP/XP2 and amassing a war-chest of about $80b, I had heard they were interested in buying up initially all phone numbers in the United States since phone numbers should be converted to a free market approach.
-Hank
Current thread:
- Re: Independent space from ARIN, (continued)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN jlewis (Apr 12)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Steve Gibbard (Apr 12)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Dan Hollis (Apr 12)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Jack Bates (Apr 12)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN bdragon (Apr 12)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN jlewis (Apr 13)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Dan Hollis (Apr 12)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Jeff McAdams (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Ron da Silva (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Brandon Ross (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Andrea Abrahamsen (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Hank Nussbacher (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine (Apr 15)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Ron da Silva (Apr 14)
- RE: Independent space from ARIN Robert Blayzor (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Stephen Sprunk (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Bradley Dunn (Apr 14)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN bdragon (Apr 15)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Dan Hollis (Apr 15)
- RE: Independent space from ARIN Mark Borchers (Apr 15)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Bradley Dunn (Apr 15)
- Re: Independent space from ARIN Jeff McAdams (Apr 14)