[address-policy-wg] Re: [policy-announce] 2007-08 Review Period extended until 9 July 2008 (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

Leo Vegoda wrote:
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> I agree that there is a benefit in allowing a financial incentive to
> encourage transfers of address space to where it can be used more
> efficiently. But I think that any hope of providing enough for large
> consumer DSL networks to continue growing at a steady rate, let alone a
> similar to rate what we see now, is very optimistic.
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> Maybe I am unduly pessimistic about what is likely to be made available.
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No, I think you are dead on the button. I can see two scenarios:

1. Despite 2007-08 we run out of v4, no market develops and we all move 
to v6
2. 2007-08 allows a (larger or smaller) market to develop and helps to 
lubricate the move to v6 as the bean counters at last see that there is 
a cost to not investing in it.

No way is it going to free up enough v4 space to allow us to continue at 
the current rate of use, but then it wasn't intended to.

Nigel