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

On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Max Tulyev wrote:

> Per,
>
> the truth is this is not an integer anymore, but a Valuable Resource,
> may be more valuable than oil and uranium.
>
> There WILL BE a market. More, there IS a market NOW.
>
> But you can choose will it be the black market or the clear one.

Exactly. This has been pretty obvious for some years now.

>
>
> Per Heldal wrote:
>> I'd prefer a firm rejection of any policy designed enable a  
>> marketplace
>> for integers.

Note that there are already a bunch of markets for characters (for  
example, domain names and trademarks), and I have heard of deals over  
phone numbers. There is no reason for integers to be any different.

Regards
Marshall

>> That should at least discourage some of the worst
>> speculators and eliminate the financial motive for any organisation  
>> to
>> hang on to blocks they don't need and return them to the common pool.
>
>
> -- 
> WBR,
> Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO)
>