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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Nathan Stratton wrote: > > It also does not prevent someone from selling not an IP address block, > > but selling ownership of a company that happens to own an IP address > > block. The geometric possibilities alone are astounding..... > > Yes, but the new company must justify the space to the nic. Why? Is there a signed contract tht says I must return unwanted/unused space to the nic? If so lets go recollect all those IPs being wasted by Frito-Lay, MIT, and countless other orignizations that got their space before anyone had to justify needs for IP space. Face it, all the nic is, is a 'globally' (not totally true but good enough for our purposes) storage facility that allocates its resources on a first come, as needed basis. If I have a stockpile of typing paper that I'm willing to sell because I don't need it should I sent it back to the wharehouse or should I sell it to the guy next door who's willing to give me 10 bucks per carton? You are assuming that the nic/ARIN is the end all be all of IP space, and thats just not true. I could for example go to IANA and request space (no doubt they would turn me down unless I had a damn good reason) if I wanted to, one does _NOT_ have to go through the Nic/ARIN. [-] Brett L. Hawn (blh @ nol dot net) [-] [-] Networks On-Line - Houston, Texas [-] [-] 713-467-7100 [-] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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