Re: The Department of Work and Pensions, UK has an entire /8

[Stephen Sprunk <stephen () sprunk org>]

On 18-Sep-12 23:11, Mike Hale wrote:
> "this is the arin vigilante cultural view of the world.  luckily, the disease does not propagate sufficiently to 
> cross oceans."
>
> I'd love to hear the reasoning for this.  Why would it be bad policy to force companies to use the resources they are 
> assigned or give them back to the general pool?

In theory, that sounds great.  However, the legal basis for actually
taking them back is questionable since they pre-date the RIR system,
registration agreements, utilization requirements, etc.  And, in
practice, those who _aren't_ using their assignments have, for the most
part, given them back voluntarily, so it's a moot point.

Also, as in the case at hand, most of the blocks that generate
complaints turn out to be, upon closer examination, actively in use but
just not advertised--at least on the particular internet that the
complainer is using.  Hint: there is more than one internet.

S

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