[Chapter-delegates] scarcity of IPv4 addresses

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

It's like slowing the Titanic down, but not actually steering it away from the Iceberg.

However, I'd be inclined to say that at the point that we are at, any way to give us time, even weeks, is a good thing, provided the finality of the exercise is to migrate to IPv6. I've heard too much negativity in recent weeks. Let's keep positive and get everyone involved. Refusing to do anything is surely the worst scenario?

Plus, there is this psychological "involvement" factor. I think that if you can get organisations to start returning IPv4 addresses, you can get them to move to v6. The important thing is that they did something, and that required a conscious decision on their part, taken, in most cases by a hierarchy.

Personally, I think that organisations are as likely to return IPv4 addresses as all of us are to clear up all the old, obsolete & unused data on our disk drives - except, of course, if there's a cost element.

Warm regards,

Olivier

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Franck Martin 
  To: Chris Grundemann 
  Cc: Chapter Delegates 
  Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] scarcity of IPv4 addresses


  My understanding is that returning unused IPv4 would make us win weeks not years so may be too much efforts for little gain?

  Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question

  On 26/10/2008, at 7:57, "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann at gmail.com> wrote:


    As one more possible avenue for ISOC to pursue;  there was a recent suggestion on the ARIN PPML by Tom Vest that we look into the idea of a tax credit to organizations which return space to their RIR (http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2008-October/012386.html).  I think that at least in the US, it has a potential to help and I wonder what others thoughts are?
    ~Chris

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