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

Michael,

On 10/29/07 8:38 AM, "michael.dillon at bt.com" <michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote:
>> The address space in question is already allocated, hence
>> unavailable.  The question is how to incent folks to put
>> their "allocated but unused" address space back into play.
>> Stamping your foot and declaring "markets are bad"
>> isn't likely to be too helpful.
> 
> And thinking that you can influence address-holders decision making
> without pricing an IPv4 at several hundred thousand dollars, is also not
> likely to be too helpful.

The price point at which people are influenced is a bit beyond my psychic
abilities to divine.  I believe the appropriate phrase here is "what the
market will bear".

> Any organization who contemplates selling a block of IPv4 addresses has
> to conside the reality ...

And the appropriate phrase here would be "buyer (and seller) beware".

The fact that a black (or grey) market exists would seem to imply there are
people who have made the evaluation that it is in their best interests to
sell off address space they do not need.

Regards,
-drc