>> If you limit each requesting organization to a /22 per year, we can >> keep the internet mostly functional for decades to come, > > at least in the ripe ncc service region, all this proved was that if > the cost of registering a company (or LIR) and applying for an > allocation was lower than the market rate of ipv4 addresses, then > people would do that. > > The root problem is unavoidable: ipv4 is a scarce resource with an > inherent demand. Every policy designed to mitigate against this will > create workarounds, and the more valuable the resource, the more > inventive the workaround.
and complex policies lead to more complex workarounds which make the internet crappier > In terms of hard landings vs soft landings, what will make ipv6 > succeed is how compelling ipv6 is, rather than whether someone created > a policy to make ipv4 less palatable. In particular, any effect from a > hard landing compared would have been ephemeral. amen randy
