> From [email protected] Fri Dec 2 13:29:31 > 2011 > From: Leigh Porter <[email protected]> > To: "Justin M. Streiner" <[email protected]>, > Leo Bicknell > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: IP addresses are now assets > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:29:43 +0000 > Cc: NANOG <[email protected]> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Justin M. Streiner [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 02 December 2011 19:26 > > To: Leo Bicknell > > Cc: NANOG > > Subject: Re: IP addresses are now assets > > > > On Fri, 2 Dec 2011, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > > > > In a message written on Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 11:04:23PM -0500, > > Michael R. Wayne wrote: > > >> After negotiating with multiple prospective buyers, Cerner Corp. > > >> agreed to buy the Internet addresses for $12 each. Other bids > > were > > >> as low as $1.50 each, according to a bankruptcy court filing. > > > > > > Someone should tell Cerner Corp you can still get them for free, > > > and thus they overpaid by oh, $12 an address! > > > > I'm waiting for someone to come back and balk at $12/address, and try > > to > > reduce the number of addresses they buy, forgetting that pesky powers- > > of-two > > business: "In the interest of containing the cost of the deal, XYZ > > Corp has > > agreed to buy 27,000 addresses instead of the original 65,536." > > > > That will be a definite facepalm moment. > > > > jms > > > So about a /18 a /19 a /21 and a /23 then ;-)
Methinks it ought to be restricted to some combination of a /17, a /19, a /23, a /29, and a /31. It's all 'prime' number-space, after all. <groan.
