On 7/18/19 22:08, David Ranch wrote:
I have so many words for the conspiracy theorists and negative naysayers, but I’ll hold that back and not contribute to the shitstorm.
My main concern is what will stop the ARDC board from selling the next 25% or 50% of 44 space?
The fact that, unlike 44.192.0.0/10, it's being used by hams?
I personally approved the sale on two conditions:
1) The block wasn't being used by hams and had no viable prospect of being used by hams.
2) All of the proceeds went to a non-profit to benefit amateur digital development and related efforts.
I am not an expert in the IP address market, but from everything I saw and heard I am fully satisfied that Brian did the best possible job in getting the best price for the /10 that was sold. It was explained to us that a /10 would be more than twice as valuable as two /11s or four /12s and so on, and this seemed perfectly logical to me.
Remember, IPv4 addresses won't be valuable forever. IPv6 is developing slowly, but it *is* developing. I for one have long been interested in getting IPv6 much more widely used within amateur radio (as well as the larger Internet) as even the full 44/8 block was woefully inadequate for doing a lot of the things that could and should be done.
73, Phil