?Hiya Matthew,
Thanks for the reply. I want to respond to one item in your post: > I suspect the challenge here is that not everyone > is in agreement about what constitutes a > "bona fide" transfer, as opposed to a land > grab. If we look at land allocations in california > as any indication, humans will warp and twist > any well-intentioned plan for their own greed > and profits. If you talk to brokers and look at publicly-available data, it shows that the telcos and cablecos and large content providers have already scooped up (or are in the process of scooping up) the space they need for the forseeable future (presumably enough to tie them over until dual-stacking is sufficient). Amazon has been transferring blocks of a million IPs into their name from Merck for a few years now, according to transfer stats and Whois. Google has secured an exclusive option for more than a /8 worth of space already. Large blocks have disappeared off the market in China faster than you can lookup the Chinese welcoming phrase for "Hi". [If anyone has an in on non-fraudulent space in China for sale, please hit me up!] >From my point of view - and the point of view of my executives - this isn't a land grab. It's for-profit corporations doing what's necessary to survive the current landscape while, as one PPML poster eloquently put it, fulfilling their fiduciary duty to their shareholders to ensure continuity of operations. It makes business sense to these companies to buy or tie-up this space. And my point is not so much to argue about whether these are morally right or not, but to say that the big guys are already engaged in the market fully. ARIN policy needs, in my opinion, to look out for everyone else to ensure equitability. It isn't fair, in my world view, if Google can buy space willy-nilly without consequence, but Matthew and Dave's Tire Shop can't buy a /22 for their 1,000 devices which need front-end space without going through multiple rounds of transfers and purchases and what-have-you under ARIN policy. Just my opinion, David
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