On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 18:59 Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > > > On Oct 2, 2019, at 09:33 , Antonios Chariton <daknob....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear list, > > First of all, let me apologize if this post is not allowed by the list. > To my best interpretation of the guidelines [1] it is allowed, but may be > in a gray area due to rule #7. > > > > I would like to propose the following thought experiment about IPv6, and > I would like your opinion on what you believe would happen in such a case. > Feel free to reply on or off list. > > > > What if, globally, and starting at January 1st, 2020, someone (imagine a > government or similar, but with global reach) imposed an IPv4 tax. For > every IPv4 address on the Global Internet Routing Table, you had to pay a > tax. Let’s assume that this can be imposed, must be paid, and cannot be > avoided using some loophole. Let’s say that this tax would be $2, and it > would double, every 3 or 6 months. > > You’re talking about starting at $1536 per quarter for a /24 and doubling > that every three to 6 months? > > Who, exactly gets all this money in your make money fast scheme here? > > I’d say it would provide an impressive motivation to get rid of IPv4, but > I also would say that nobody would ever stand for such a tax. > > > What do you think would happen? Would it be the only way to reach 100% > IPv6 deployment, or even that wouldn’t be sufficient? > > The internet’s version of the Boston Tea Party. >
I can represent that. +1 Best, Martin Boston, USA
