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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Independent space from ARIN
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Kris Foster wrote: > Was this tongue in cheek? Nope. > I am not an economist, but this is a sure fire way to destroy the internet > as we know it today. Why is this so hard to believe? Real estate is mostly a free market, and that seems to perform pretty well for the most part. How is address space that different? Please explain how you believe this would destroy the internet. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brandon Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 4:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Independent space from ARIN > > > > > > > > The solution to the problems posted in this thread about ARIN > > is fairly > > simple. It's time to deregulate the IP address market and > > convert to a > > free market approach to allocating IP addresses. If address > > space could > > be bought and sold on a free market you would no longer have > > to justify > > your address space to anyone, saving untold amount of > > resources and costs > > pulling these reports together. Of course, address space wouldn't be > > wasted the way it is today by organizations that hoard it, or > > by companies > > that go out of business because it would make sound financial sense to > > sell what you don't need. > > > > ARIN (and the other registries as well) could still exist and > > function as > > a central repository (think of a title registry) of > > information about the > > current ownership of address blocks. > > > > -- > > Brandon Ross > > AIM: BrandonNR > > VP Operations > > ICQ: 2269442 > > Sockeye Networks > > > > > > > -- Brandon Ross AIM: BrandonNR VP Operations ICQ: 2269442 Sockeye Networks
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