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

Michael,

New entrants typically want to see predictable prices or else
> they simply don't enter.

I think you are underestimating the amount of uncertainty that is dealt with
in business plans.


> After a transfer scheme is in place, and speculators
> take up the remaining free pool, the price of IPv4 will be wildly
> unpredictable. That situation will block new entrants.


No, it will make it more risky to do so. What _will_ block new entrants is
no new IPv4 being available at all, never mind at currently unknown prices.


> However, there is another aspect which involves IPv6. Large ISPs are
> already deploying IPv6 trials in order to be prepared for the day
> when they cannot grow their networks with IPv4.

"already deploying IPv6 trials"
Should be production ready, oh when would you say, then?


> This means, that a new entrant
> into the Internet business, can realistically use IPv6 technology
> and expect to be able to buy full connectivity to all IPv4 and IPv6
> Internet sites from one of the larger ISPs.

Thank you for elucidating (quite clearly!) the problem.


> They will leave that to the larger upstream ISPs

Great stuff! Even clearer.

NRM
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