On 9/24/2014 4:01 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
I think that depends. If the supply continues to exceed demand, probably not. At the point where transfer demand exceeds supply and transfers start developing a waiting list, then it might make sense. I trust staff to use good judgment for this.
On which public market would one view information that showed whether transfer supply exceeds demand or the reverse? Where would this "waiting list" be kept? And isn't "price" also related to supply and demand?
And if there's no open market, and no market makers (those being prohibited by ARIN policy and all), and no single "waiting list" (whatever that would mean... I'm sure there's people 'waiting' for addresses to be $1/ea while other people are not 'waiting' because they're willing to pay $20/ea), then isn't trying to tie ARIN staff behavior to something that can't be observed a little limiting? Or even nonsensical?
What I don’t want to see is undue advantages being given to transfers over free-pool requests during a time when both are possible.\
Transfers already have the advantage that they allow one to get enough space to actually do something with it. A three-month supply barely gives you time to order the equipment that would use it.
I do not believe ARIN should be creating incentives to use transfers vs. the free pool. As I said, as long as both remain, fairness should, IMHO, dictate that they be treated the same.
ARIN policy has already created incentives to use transfers vs. the free pool. What's the problem with that... that the free pool will last longer for the people who can't afford transfers?
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