> From: Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> > > I actually tend to doubt it. All of the people I've talked to from the major > operators have said that the charges in IPv4 were not a revenue source, they > were an effort to discourage the consumption of the addresses and/or the use > of static addresses and to try and recover the costs of dealing with them in > cases where customers were willing to pay. > ------------------------------------------ > Not jumping into the turd chunkin' contest, but this is not my experience. > The suits definitely want the money for income stream; small as it may be. > I'd like to hear from others if their experiences are different.
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