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

Tom,

On Jun 13, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Tom Vest wrote:
> Perhaps Jay is like me, trying to highlight some possible  
> consequences that the "governed" might wish to consider before  
> consenting to go down this particular one-way street.

The point is, we've already gone down the one-way street.  The  
question is whether or not we allow the RIRs to help drive or get run  
over.

> I totally agree with you on this last point, which is why I assume  
> that new entrants will immediately be priced out of the market.

Ignoring the black market, without something like 2007-08 after the  
free pool exhausts, there can't be any new entrants in the IPv4  
world.  Period.

[And no, I'm not so cynical as to believe that this is why folks like  
ETNO argue against 2007-08 and their ilk.]

With something like 2007-08, the cost of doing business for a new IPv4  
entrant goes up (it'll be going up for everybody), but doing business  
is still an option and the RIRs still have some ability to set policy  
regarding reassignments.

Sorry, what was the goal again?

Regards,
-drc