[address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Policy Proposal (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> If you are in need of new address space, your choice is to go hunt for
> IPv4 space, which will get harder and harder, or upgrade to IPv6, which
> will become easier and easier.

IPv6 Internet is working even now, but completely useless. Because of
there is no resources at all.

In my opinion, the concrete goal is make 51% of _resources_ (not users)
to be reachable through IPv6 before we run out of IPv4. If it succeeds,
other 49% will go with "the majority", if not - IPv6 migration
completely fails and something other (NAT, secondary market of IPv4,
higher level proxies over non-IP protocols, ...) will be implemented
instead.

>> First, the "black market", where companies sell address space each
>> other, but not make changes in RIPE BD.
>> Second (later?), address space as the valuable resource will be sold
>> together with companies it owns, like sometimes it happens with radio
>> frequency licenses. This will mostly happens with PI space.
> 
>> It is really worst than clear market, isn't it?
> 
> The best solution is NO market and reclaiming address space that is unused.
> 
> The two main issues that I have with an address market are:
> 
> 1. unused address space becomes valuable so it won't be returned for free
> 
> 2. it's unfair that people who got a lot of address space for free
> (almost always in rich countries) get to make money from it

Do you really believe it can be in the wild? :)

-- 
WBR,
Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO)