Re: [sig-policy] Open Request Regarding Address Transfer Policy Proposal
Hi James,
On 20/02/2009, at 10:17 AM, James Spenceley wrote:
That reminds me, James - what specifically are your concerns that may
lead to a detrimental impact on the community?
My feeling is that defining a value to a commodity by opening a
market while that commodity is still incredibly subsidized via an
official process, is a bad thing.
I'll draw the comparison to the final years (and fall) of the Soviet
Union, the government always kept prices artificially low, which was
fine, but when markets and trading were permitted (or at least a
blind eye was turned), it created the situation of mass shortages of
goods. People could buy them at the government subsidized prices,
sell them on the local market or internationally (if they were
brave) and the end result was that supply of subsidized goods all
but dried up and people that actually wanted/needed them couldn't
get them.
The problem I see with the comparison is that APNIC is probably not
going to turn a blind eye.
So the trading market won't exactly be devoid of process and review.
If an open a market for address space exists while we are still
allocating subsidized resources this is bound to create illegitimate
demand, stockpiling and speculation.
I see you point. I also had another thought in that right now (i'm
told) we have huge globs of unused addresses sitting in some
organisations with little or no incentive for them to return them. I
wonder if a trading market, which then provides a monetary incentive,
might help entice some of those poorly utilised resources out of the
technical-cupboards and back into useful circulation.
I personally can't see a legitimate reason for my business to buy
resource via a transfer if APNIC is still allocating address space.
I'm open to hear from others who can ?
While ipv6 proponents will flay me alive for this: To extend the
useful life of v4.
In conclusion, it seems the most prudent course of action is to
create the market when it is actually needed and when the side
effects of such a market will no longer be of importance.
I guess I'm apathetic on this. Enacted at some future time, or enacted
now - I see both pros and cons.
Terry