[address-policy-wg] 2013-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup)

On 23/09/2013 19:48, Tore Anderson wrote:
> We have a 24-month cooling-off period in our transfer policy where a
> recently received allocation may not be transferred further. I am not
> sure that I would agree that this is a «short or medium term» (as it
> says in the linked-to specification) investment horizon, when we're
> talking about IPv4. I believe this cooling-off period in itself works as
> a deterrence against some that would otherwise be interested in engaging
> in speculation, at least the short-term kind.

I'm not sure why you think this will act as a deterrent to resource
transfers, given that we all generally agree that increasing bureaucratic
load will generally only serve to push transfer agreements underground.

Nick