On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:28:55 +0100, Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 08:18 +0100, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On 2004-11-16, at 02.24, Owen DeLong wrote: > > > > > ASNs issued today are subject to annual renewal. While this is a > > > small charge and doesn't go up based on the number of ASNs, so, not > > > 100% effective at reclaiming all unused resources, it does, at least, > > > reclaim resources in use by defunct organizations that are no longer > > > paying the maintenance for them.
Yes, but what about the (dozens, hundreds?) of entities that are hoarding (and renewing) ASNs? These unused resources are gone forever - since they are seen as a scarce resource, they are kept artificially alive (even though the orgs know full well there is neither a use nor a justification for them). //Alif
