On 06/05/2020 23:25, Matthew Melbourne wrote: > Possibly 51/8 which was allocated to the Department of Work and Pensions, and > parts of which were sold off when they worked out how much they were worth... > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32826353 > > Cheers, > Matt
While I have no insight into the accuracy of the BBC news assertion that "The first group of 150,000 addresses has been snapped up by a Norwegian firm called Altibox for about £600,000".. I have it on erm, good authority, that subsequent /15's from this range were offered at much closer to market rates for pre-RIR legacy space with once careful owner.. who apparently only used them to join the Church webcast on a Sunday ;) And without drawing any comparisons to other 'public' assets which have been sold off in the past, a public institution holding a large block of IPv4 space without using it does not seem in the best interests of the nation or wider Internet.. IMHO it would seem fairly logical to divest this asset and reinvest the capital somewhere that standard to bring greater rewards, perhaps even with some kind of dividend or regular interest payment that im sure could be put to better use than assigning public v4 address to printers ;) Paul
