[address-policy-wg] 2009-01 New Policy Proposal (Global Policy for the Allocation of IPv4 blocks to Regional Internet Registries)

Andy and all,

  I share your concern.  Further it is likely that IPv4 address
hording by the resource rich to black market those addresses
to the resource starved will and from rumor I have heard, is already
happening.  But after years to nearly a decade of mis managment
of IP address allocation via skewed and overly expensive fees, it's
no wonder to me.

Andy Davidson wrote:

> On 20 Feb 2009, at 16:17, Nigel Titley wrote:
>
> > Personally I agree with you that people are likely to hang on to
> > what Ipv4 space they have until things have moved on so far that
> > this space is useless. However, what space is recovered is probably
> > best shared according to need, rather than just staying with the RIR
> > where it was originally allocated. This principle is what this
> > global policy is about.
>
> Hi, Nigel
>
> Thank you for the clarification.
>
> I'm a bit worried that this policy as it stands could lead to address
> resources flowing from resource starved regions, to regions who are
> today already resource rich.  I can't work out if it's more equitable
> to let that happen, or more equitable for us to try to encourage
> address poor regions to retain their resources to cater for internet
> growth in these regions.
>
> I would want to see an exhaustive list of scenarios that are possible
> under this policy before voicing a formal opinion.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andy Davidson

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