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Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million


From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:08:42 -0700

They can only get them _at all_ if they can document need.  All
receipt of address space, whether from the free-pool or through a
transfer, is needs-based.  Anything else would be removing a critical
resource from use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canute
Thank you Randy.  Give Canute a community-developed set of marching
orders, and make the ocean a little more pliable and you might have 
something there.

at some point, the arin policy wonk weenies will face reality.  or not.
it really makes little difference.  

i don't particularly like the reality either, but i find it easier and
more productive to align my actions and how i spend my time.  not a lot
of high paying jobs pushing water uphill.

randy


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