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On 2/03/13 12:47 PM, "Mark Smith" <<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">taking that sentence out of context when the rest of the post indicates<br>
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No it's not. You and others are simply ignoring much of what he is saying<br>
because it doesn't support your argument. You and others are playing the<br>
man and not the ball.<br>
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And the argument that "if you don't like it then attend all the meetings<br>
and get on the APNIC Board" which gets rolled out every time people<br>
complain about APNIC and other registries poor resource management is<br>
tiring. Sorry Skeeve, you know I love you man :) I might not like<br>
something in Government, but I should not have to become a member of<br>
Parliament to have my opinions considered and heard. The people on the<br>
APNIC Board are supposed to be *our* representatives.<br>
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The current membership and administration of APNIC/other registries is<br>
inefficient and provides no incentive for those that have address space<br>
not in use move to IPv6. It's a "IPv4 all gone the cupboards are bare"<br>
approach which is not responsible resource management, its one-time<br>
allocation.<br>
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So here's a crazy thought. It's out there, but why doesn't APNIC make<br>
membership a flat fee of say $1,000 for your IPv6 address space and a<br>
variable component of say $1/year for each IPv4 address space? All the<br>
money made on the IPv4 space is put towards promotion of IPv6. If you<br>
have 500,000 IPv4 addresses you pay $501,000 per year and APNIC has<br>
$500,000 to put towards IPv6 migration promotion/management. A /8 would<br>
provide $16m in funding to promote IPv6 each year and I bet people would<br>
not be applying for space they don't need - in fact they would be handing<br>
it back. The more people use IPv4, the more you have for IPv6 promotion.<br>
The less people use IPv4 (migration) the less they have to spend on IPv6<br>
promotion. Once you've migrated over your annual fee is $1,000 as you<br>
only use IPv6.<br>
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Different thinking and probably too brave. Best to let the train crash<br>
into the wall and point fingers after the fact.<br>
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