> The main design goal for the final /8 policy was to make sure that > newcomers still had the possibility of participating on the IPv4 > internet. It is unfortunately still not possible to run an ISP, hoster > etc. with only IPv6. Without the final /8 policy every new company > would have to get (borrow, buy, rent, ...) IPv4 addresses from > existing companies that already got IPv4 addresses before we ran out > of addresses to distribute using our needs-based allocation > policies. With the final /8 policy they don't get much but at least > they are able to participate on the internet. There is still an > imbalance because of the low amount of addresses they get but at least > they have *something* to work with.
try to minimize barrier to entry. i am sure there are nice terms in law for intentionally doing the opposite. randy
