On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Jason Schiller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:19 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: >> If I wanted to buy a /24 right now (with needs justification) where >> would I go to find one? Who has one for sale? > > I'm not sure I understand the point of this question.
Hi Jason, The point is: show me a specific /24 I can buy right now. If the market is working well enough to seriously consider ditching the needs-basis as Milton would have us do then here is a specific /24 that armed with an ARIN needs approval I can go buy right now. So ditch the competing theories and show me one. If there is one available, if it exists, then refusing to weaken the so-called needs basis for buying it is flat-earth policy. We have addresses there being underutilized *because* of ARIN policy. We should iteratively weaken the needs basis for transfers until and unless we reach a point where its too weak to keep out hoarders and the market dries up. On the other hand, if I can't go buy a /24 right now then the current market design is already insufficient to create liquidity. Milton has no right to expect us to accept that with all controls released things will magically work out. There are far too many historical examples where things didn't. He can use his vaunted expertise to figure out how to create market liquidity with the controls still in place before we consider relaxing them. -Bill -- William D. Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
