[address-policy-wg] Suggestion: charging for IPv4 space

> 1. Introducing a *recurrent annual* cost-element to IPv4 
> addresses, the reason behind it being: making v6 cheaper to 
> run than v4. This could be a small cost to start with, 
> increasing significantly but steadily along a scale for the 
> next few years.

And what would RIPE do with all of this extra money? If there
is no good reason to spend this money, then many LIRs will
simply not pay the fees and instead charge RIPE with 
violation of section 6 of the Dutch Competition Act.

> If we do not make IPv6 more interesting financially, we risk 
> failure to transit smoothly.

I have seen nothing that would lead me to believe this.

> I am trying to look for a solution which will ease the shock 
> by instead smoothly raising prices.

Shocks are not necessarily bad because they make people act
instead of sitting on their hands.

> I don't believe in self-regulation by the market - it opens 
> itself to serious abuse, in the same way Wall Street bankers 
> abused the system and look where this led us?

Then you don't believe in RIPE. Maybe you should be talking
to the European Commission instead of us.

--Michael Dillon