Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 08:41:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: winter@jurai.net (Matthew N. Dodd) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: buying IP addresses Message-ID: <199602251641.IAA05774@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960225002207.6376C-100000@sasami> from "Matthew N. Dodd" at Feb 25, 96 00:37:41 am
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wouldn't leasing address space for one0-year periods do a better job of 'establishing fair market price', keeping the market on address space efficient and providing a revenue stream to the internic? anyone every written a draft rfc? existing address holders would be grandfathered in for some time period the lease holder would have first right of refusal so long as they paid the 'market price' each year. scares me that this came from at&t, they have the resources to purchase a considerable amount of address space. who owns the internet? today or tomorrow? dont own the net just own the addresses. small isp's will be in trouble? Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > Since I'm reading the draft, I'd like to quote and comment on a few things. > > (from section on, second paragraph) > > Assignees do not pay for the numbers they receive. The InterNIC > itself is subsidized by the NSF. This panel is supposed to propose > methods of making the InterNIC self-supporting. I propose to > remove one of the functions of the InterNIC registration services > to a free market, leaving a much restricted function that will be > less costly to run. > > --- > > Now wait a minute. The entire goal of this draft (or so it seems at > this point) is to make the "NSF subsidized InterNIC" self-supporting. > I thought their NSF money ran out and they started charging for > domain registration. What happened to all that cash they were > supposed to rake in? :) > > ... > > Ok, having read the draft, I think I need to read it again. :) > > A very interesting idea, this money as incentive for optomizing address > space. I think they have it all wrong though. They need to charge > MORE for routing small address space and LESS for large. > > I think I'm going to mail a request to the InterNIC for an /18 now. > > :) > > Have a good one. > > | Matthew N. Dodd | winter@jurai.net | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | > | Technical Manager | mdodd@intersurf.net | http://www.intersurf.net | > | InterSurf Online | Have you rewired your dmarc today? YOU WILL! | > >
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