5 Sep
2017
5 Sep
'17
10:14 p.m.
Hello Mike,
. . .The 44/8 block will likewise become another hunk
of
once-valuable junk, so unless the community wishes to enjoy again the
bittersweet feeling of regarding that junk it would be advisable to consider
engaging in some sales.
To what end? I believe we aren't here for the money. Even if we were
to sell off a bunch of /16s, where would that money go since we're
considered LEGACY? It wouldn't go back to Brian, or UCSD, any of us
AMPR users, or even any HAMs. No, it would go to ARIN or some other
bureaucratic part of the US government and just be absorbed in the
"general plan". Poof!
I completely understand the value of IPv4 addresses due to their
scarcity but I don't think that something we never paid for should be
charged an extreme premium for ($17.88 per IP). Call me a fossil but it
just rubs me the wrong way. My $0.02.
--David
KI6ZHD