6 Sep
2017
6 Sep
'17
12:34 a.m.
On 9/5/2017 10:36 PM, John Ricketts wrote:
I don't know who or what "owns" the ARDC, or what the legalities of
selling it's primary asset would be, but ...
If the corporation could collect large amounts of money for the 44/8
assignment, I'd vote to take the cash and kiss 44/8 goodbye: the IPv4
space will become worthless within the next decade. If it's worth a
significant amount of money right now, then now is the time to cash it
in: we hams could continue to use 44/8, since ampr.net is probably the
best definition of a "detached" network, or just change to RFC1918
addresses.
The money would give ARDC options for the future: if the amounts
mentioned are obtainable, it would be possible to endow a trust fund
that could assure ampr.net a future. Of course, the hardest part would
be safeguarding the proceeds of a sale, but that's the same challenge
that any lottery winner faces, and there's plenty of good advice and
many capable people out there.
The ARDC *might* be in possession of a bag of magic beans. If that's the
case, I vote to plant them.
73,
Bill, W4EWH
On Sep 5, 2017, at 21:08, David Ranch
<amprgw(a)trinnet.net> wrote:
Hello Mike,
All,
Having personal experience with selling legacy IP space, the money would go to the
corporation (ARDC) that owns the /8... not ARIN or the US Government.
That money could be used for whatever the corporation wanted.
I am not suggesting the sale just sharing based on experience. . . .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