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Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit
From: "Brandon Galbraith" <brandon.galbraith () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:18:14 -0600
On Feb 18, 2008 11:05 AM, Rod Beck <Rod.Beck () hiberniaatlantic com> wrote:
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Markets have proven to be excellent mechanisms for allocating resources
fairness is a distinct issue) and might be the medication required given the apparent hoarding of IP addresses. Nor is the trading of IP addresses inconsistent with ARIN ownership. Regards, Roderick S. Beck
Markets have a history of efficiently allocating resources, this much is true. My concern is when IP allocations are based on fiscal merit instead of technical merit. Also, don't forget speculators within a market. Do you really want the price of IP blocks bid up by "IP day traders"? -brandon
Current thread:
- IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Raymond Macharia (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit michael.dillon (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Stephane Bortzmeyer (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit michael.dillon (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Owen DeLong (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Stephane Bortzmeyer (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit John Lee (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Rod Beck (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Brandon Galbraith (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Rod Beck (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit michael.dillon (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit David Conrad (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Steven M. Bellovin (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Eliot Lear (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Steven M. Bellovin (Feb 19)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit David Conrad (Feb 19)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Geoff Huston (Feb 19)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Rod Beck (Feb 18)
- RE: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit michael.dillon (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit David Conrad (Feb 18)
- Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit Iljitsch van Beijnum (Feb 18)