[BULK] Re: [address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Draft Document Published (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 02:19:41PM -0000, michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
> I still fail to see any benefits at all, either to RIPE or to LIRs,
> from making it possible for LIRs to exchange address blocks first,
> then tell RIPE second. The current situation, where you tell RIPE
> first (return unused blocks, ask for more addresses) and receive
> addresses second, seems to work fine today and there is no reason
> that it will not work 5 years from now.

It won't work because the response you will get in 5 years will be:

    Thanks for the unused blocks, unfortunately we have no free blocks
    to give you. Can we interest you in some IPv6 space? It tastes
    just as good as IPv4 and is less filling! It will keep your
    network tubes clean and prevent bitrot!

Is the procedure really "return then ask"? Or it is "ask then ask then
ask?" Networks have a nasty habit of growing larger more often than
smaller.

--
Shane