[address-policy-wg] 2008-07 Discussion Period extended until 24 August 2009 (Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources)

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:

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>
> There are pockets of network around, where the customers (completely separate
> legal entities) do hold (and properly use) *much* more legacy address space
> from the past (but the LIR doesn't!), than the amount of PA space managed by
> the (related) LIR.
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Hi,

I just want to second that... relatively small organizations got some big 
blocks (i.e. class B) in the pre-RIR age, and thus they never felt any 
need to later become a LIR, or even to get some space through a LIR in 
the following years.

These organizations can be labeled as "outside of the RIR system", and as 
far as i understood they really like it that way (no RIR fees, ...).
As someone already told me, they had a bet on the right horse some years 
ago. IMHO, this proves early-adopters sometimes really get some advantage!


Best Regards,
Carlos Friaças