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Was this tongue in cheek? I am not an economist, but this is a sure fire way to destroy the internet as we know it today. Kris > -----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 > > >
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