2011/12/10 <bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com>
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:15:01AM -0500, Keegan Holley wrote: > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Dec 10, 2011, at 2:58 AM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > > > > >> I just had a personal email from a brand new ISP in the Asia-Pacific > > >> area desperately looking for enough IPv4 to be able to run their > > >> business the way they would likeb & > > > > > > and we are supposed to be surprised or feel sorry? you're kidding, > > > right? they're lucky to be in a/p. at least they can get a /22. > > > > > > i especially like the "the way they would like" part. the way i would > > > like to run my business is to go into the office every friday and scoop > > > up the cash that fell from the sky all week. > > > > > > reality is such a pain in the ass. > > > > > > randy > > > > > +1 aren't we way past all of the predicted exhaustion dates. There are > slot of as's that have ignored this. > > > > > > > predictions are ... predictions! guesses. swag. nothing > more/less. > > i will say this however. after fifteen years, I am exhausted > listening to > > ipv6 v. ipv4 bickering. (and after five years of running native > ipv6-only > > networks - i've re-introduced ipv4 to the mix... go figure) > > /bill > > I see your point. The world was supposed to end dozens of times as well. Sorry to hear you had to reintroduce v4. I suppose if dinosaurs were still around we'd have to capitulate to them too. The people who see a T-rex and say "hey I thought they were extinct?!" would just get eaten. but I digress. I'm not sure I'd open a new ISP at this point and expect to get any respectable amount of IP space from the RIR right now.
