[address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 3.1

>> I was thinking about making sure that new companies can have
>> a few IPv4 addresses to be able to talk to the IPv4-only
>> world. If we do that, then nobody can complain. If they think
>> they don't have enough addresses, well, so has the rest of
>> the world. If they can't get any IPv4 addresses at all this
>> might be perceived as unfair or anti-competitive.
>
> Fair enough. However this could be solved by the market if
> some ISPs offer v4-to-v6 gateway services to customers whose
> networks are pure v6.

That would mean that a new ISP can only enter the market when buying a
service from an existing ISP. I don't know if this would be seen as
anti-competitive, but I suspect it will. Especially because we could make
policy that prevents (well, significantly postpones) that situation.

- Sander

PS: I make the assumption here that not everything will be reachable over
native IPv6 when the new company wants to start. I think this is a
reasonable assumption for the first years at least.