[address-policy-wg] Re: [ppml] Just say *NO* to PI space -- or how to make it less destructive
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Marshall Eubanks
tme at multicasttech.com
Fri Apr 21 15:55:47 CEST 2006
Hello; On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Thomas Narten wrote: > "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen at sprunk.org> writes: > >> OTOH, it's ridiculously easy to get PIv4 space today (512 hosts >> and two >> pipes or tunnels), and there's not all that many companies doing >> it. It's >> not growing much either. The doors are already wide open for a >> land rush >> and nobody is taking ARIN up on it. Why does everyone assume >> it'll happen >> with v6 if it's not happening with v4, which _is_ useful today? > > Because today, people are a lot more network savvy, and they now > understand the potential value of getting real PI space. Moreover, > anyone who understands history, realizes that getting PI space may > become harder in the future, rather than easier. Consequently, it > would be a smart business move to get PI space ASAP, in case the rules > change down the road. i.e, a rather prudent investment. > No doubt. That still doesn't explain why more people aren't taking advantage of 2002-3 in IPv4. I think that this is an indicator that - there are some small companies that need to multi-home - the numbers of these is fairly small - people are not (yet) viewing PI space as real property. (There are clearly a number of small companies that truly need to multi-home. Streaming and videoconferencing providers, for example, probably should multi-home regardless of their size.) Clearly, I think it would be to everyone's advantage if people (on a wide scale) _never_ start viewing PI space as real property. I think that the best way to ensure that this does not happen is to adopt 2005-1. If there is a near infinite supply of something, there is no need to hoard it. > Thomas > Regards Marshall > _______________________________________________ > PPML mailing list > PPML at arin.net > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/ppml
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