[address-policy-wg] 2012-05 New Draft and Impact Analysis Documents Published(Transparency in Address Block Transfers)

As a broker in the IPv4 space, I support 2012-05 100%.  We need
transparency in transaction pricing.  Otherwise there will continue to
be black markets and unscrupulous operators.  I view my job as finding
buyers to match sellers and finding sellers to match buyer needs.  Just
as in stock markets, commodity markets, and housing markets, IPv4
markets require open pricing.  Only then will most people give this
market legitimacy and most of the devious behaviour go away.  


Further, other RIR policies need to morph to support open-ness.  For
example, RIR's should not reclaim unused IP's now that they have value. 
Global barriers to trade (think inter-RIR transfers) have to come down
so that prices in one part of the world are not different from other
parts.   Although this is a little off-topic, the use of needs
justification is a huge barrier to honest and open trade (as per
Milton's workshop in Baku earlier this week).  Companies are doing some
very creative things to avoid the RIR justification process and as a
result the registries are getting less accurate, and the RIR's spout
community credos rather than really look at the problem.  The good news
is these problems should be gone in 50 years when IPv4 is finally
replaced by IPv6!


Sandra Brown
President
IPv4 Market Group
sandrabrown at ipv4marketgroup.com
716-348-6768
www.ipv4marketgroup.com