Re: [sig-policy] prop-051: Global policy for the allocation of the remai

To: Raul Echeberria <raul at lacnic dot net>
Subject: Re: [sig-policy] prop-051: Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space
From: Randy Bush <randy at psg dot com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:24:23 -1000
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> Other measures will be necessaries in the future too for avoiding or
> limiting the RIR shopping.

and we, the users, want to limit rir shopping, why?  it may be the only,
albeit teesnie, bit if market competition there is in the rir monopoly game.

some may see one good thing about the iana ipv4 free pool run out as the
creation of an actually visibly competitive market in address space.

randy