On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 11:43 +1300, Don Stokes wrote:
On 25/03/11 10:01, Erin Salmon wrote:
Surely IANA/ARIN/whoever could stop this sort of thing just by raising their hand? That would be idiocy, frankly.
Right. The only thing that surprises me about that particular story is the *incredibly* low price that Microsoft paid for those addresses. In due course the effects of this being a scarce resource must turn it into a seller's market and the price *will* climb precipitously. Sadly, at around USD$2,700 for a /24 I expect that in time we'll see them realising at least a 10:1 ROI for that particular purchase, before the market ultimately dissolves into an ocean of IPv6. That's also one place that the economic incentives to move to IPv6 is going to come from, as well - which could be very rewarding for those who are ready before the right moment arrives, and can "take economic advantage" of those who are not so well-prepared. Cheers, Andrew. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrew (AT) morphoss (DOT) com +64(272)DEBIAN Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. -- Anonymous ------------------------------------------------------------------------