In message <dm6pr07mb470026a9a26d62f98edde818a1...@dm6pr07mb4700.namprd07.prod.
outlook.com>, "Mueller, Milton L" <[email protected]> wrote:
>How about dealing with this conclusion of the article we wrote about it:
>
>"...
>The tiny leftover portion of the IPv4 address space that AFRINIC controls is
>not going to sustain the kind of growth that is needed. This is a fight over
>crumbs. The collateral damage from this fight is not proportionate to the
>value of the stakes."
I feel compelled to note two things, even though doing so will likely earn
me no new friends @ gatech:
*) In my occasionally humble opinion, it is not within the job description
of academics to determine the present value, or conversely the lack
thereof, of any given commodity. That having been said, I am sure
that we would all welcome scholarly predictions of likely future
trends in IPv4 pricing, especially if those could be expressed in
concrete numerical or graphical form.
*) Free market participants appear to place a present value on single IPv4
addresses at something at or well beyond $25 USD apiece. If these are
indeed worthless "crumbs" then they are quite certainly among the most
valuable "crumbs" that I am aware of, and I personally would be only too
happy to relieve any and all parties of the ongoing burden of carrying
such annoying and troublesome crumbs on their books in exchange for any
mutually agreeable compensation at or below the above figure, provided
of course, that such parties hold the requisite transfer rights.
Regards,
rfg
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