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

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
>> And we've tried appealing to people's better natures to 
>> return unused space. The result confirmed what most of us 
>> thought already: people mostly don't have better natures. 
>>     
>
> Then how do you explain the success that IANA have had in recovering
> address space as reported by Bill Manning and now, Leo Vegoda, over the
> past 10 years or so?
>
>   
>> Leo has already proved that a (fairly simple) reclamation job 
>> takes a lot of time and resource. This is for a /8 that no 
>> one much wanted and no one much used.
>>     
>
> What proof do you have that this was simple?
Talking to Leo (and I did say "fairly simple").

Nigel