On Jun 19, 2013, at 3:25 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jun 18, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Mike Burns <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 1. It has been argued that the larger ISPs have the prior advantage of >>> holding highly valuable alienable assets which they received for free, which >>> provide them with a competitive advantage over less endowed entities seeking >>> to purchase addresses at a much higher relative price. >> >> Yes, it has been argued. It hasn't necessarily been substantiated, nor has >> anyone raising said argument provided any real evidence to support it. > > Of course the incumbent's assets offer a competitive advantage over > the challenger. With such a prima facie case, the burden rests on who > disagree to disprove it.
That's a different argument. The original argument was that larger ISP's resources somehow had a competitive advantage over the resources held by smaller ISPs. I don't believe that this has been proven or constitutes a prima facie case. Owen _______________________________________________ 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.
