[AusNOG] /16 for sale.... well not really but why not!

[Skeeve Stevens]

Exactly,

So recovering anything, is of no use or point whatsoever as we'd be back in
the same position within a couple of months, regardless of justification,
price, and so on.

...Skeeve
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Julien Goodwin <ausnog at studio442.com.au>wrote:

> I did some analysis of this a while back:
>
> http://laptop006.livejournal.com/52380.html
>
> My summary was:
> "In terms of the coming IPv4 exhaustion we have 817 allocated /16's
> completely unused, for over 5.3M IP addresses, or ~3.2 entire /8's,
> giving, at the current consumption rate[6], just under two and a half
> months more IPv4[7]."
>
> On 25/01/13 16:58, Daniel Pearson wrote:
> > With all the interest in IP’s I thought it would be good to share this
> > little story.
> >
> >
> >
> > A while back 6-8 months ago I did some digging and found a spare /16 not
> > being used…. Yep that’s right a /16 with not one active resource on it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I approached the owner who is no longer in business but found the
> > administrators and asked if they can release it back to the pool and at
> > the same time transfer me a /20. They refused point blank and said they
> > would be holding onto it as it could one day be worth lots!
> >
> >
> >
> > After talking with APNIC about it I was told *(verbally) that they can
> > hold onto them even if they have no proven use for them…. So I wonder
> > how many of these are out there.
> >
> >
> >
> > What really annoys me is we are running out and are using every address
> > sparingly and here is a company who no longer exists holding onto a /16
> > as one day it might be worth something….. go figure.
> >
> >
> >
> > How many other examples of this exist?
> >
> >
> >
> > Discuss!
> >
> >
> >
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