The use of market mechanisms to allocate radio spectrum is now pretty
much the norm around the world. The only countries that might object
to such mechanisms on ideological grounds are either powerless to
object (Cuba, North Korea) or considerably more concerned about
ensuring access to IP addresse
Tony,
[top-posting since that's what you did]
AIUI, the intention is not for the RIRs to be "controlling the market",
but rather to provide the same value they do now: a location where I can
see who is responsible for a given address.
I think the RIRs all have a transfer policy now. So when a pr
horse has left the barn?
Tony
> -Original Message-
> From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
> Danny McPherson
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:48 AM
> To: IETF Discussion
> Subject: Re: IPv4 addresses eaten by... what? (was: IPv6
On Sep 28, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Tony Hain wrote:
Look at http://www.nro.net/ for the current process. Look at
http://www.ebay.com/ for the process once the IANA & RIR pools are
allocated. There are misguided fantasy discussions about controlling
the
market in the RIR context, but given that the
Arnt,
Look at http://www.nro.net/ for the current process. Look at
http://www.ebay.com/ for the process once the IANA & RIR pools are
allocated. There are misguided fantasy discussions about controlling the
market in the RIR context, but given that their charters explicitly say that
they make no s
