[address-policy-wg] Proposal 2010-2

On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 17:27 -0400, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> > 
> > > Question 2: why wouldn't LIR 1 form a new company and call it a
> > startup to get privileged access to addresses? Or, might LIR 3, LIR 1's
> > long standing competitor, form a new LIR to gain an advantage in the
> > competition for resources?
> > >
> > Most, if not all, networks of significant size have a small
> > chunk of spare addresses they can recycle for transition services. A
> > new LIR OTOH has nothing and could theoretically be blocked from entering
> > the market.
> 
> And Question 2? 

That's best answered with a question.
What's the point for an established LIR to go through all that trouble
just to get another tiny block? 

A small hosting-operation might have some use for it, but it makes no
sense for your example LIR (regional, national or multi-national network
operator).

//per