[address-policy-wg] question about IPv4 legacy and transfers - should we convert legacy to non-legacy with transfers?

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 02:53:43PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> Piotr Strzyzewski via address-policy-wg wrote on 22/07/2019 14:26:
>> IMHO, this is not the case here. Let's try not to fall in the false
>> dilemma here.
>
> there's no false dichotomy.
>
> Non legacy address space falls under various policies e.g. geographic 
> association and being subject to high RIR costs.  These policies are what 
> causes legacy address space to cost more than RIR address space on the 
> address market.
>
> If a legacy block is threatened with being converted from something more 
> valuable to something less valuable, then people will avoid the RIR 
> transfer route and we'll end up with less accurate registry info.

Jordi has assured us, that those practices are in place in other RIRs (I
am not using this as an argument in the discussion). Do you have any
stats or observations from other RIRs to support such sinister prophecy?

Piotr

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Piotr Strzyżewski
Silesian University of Technology, Computer Centre
Gliwice, Poland