On Feb 18, 2008 11:05 AM, Rod Beck &lt;<a href="mailto:Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com">Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">







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<p><font size="2">&lt;snip&gt;</font></p></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><p><font size="2">Markets have proven to be excellent mechanisms for allocating resources fairness is a distinct issue) and might be the medication required given the apparent hoarding of IP addresses.<br>

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Nor is the trading of IP addresses inconsistent with ARIN ownership.<br>
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Regards,&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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Roderick S. Beck<br></font></p></div></blockquote></div>Markets have a history of efficiently allocating resources, this much is true. My concern is when IP allocations are based on fiscal merit instead of technical merit. Also, don&#39;t forget speculators within a market. Do you really want the price of IP blocks bid up by &quot;IP day traders&quot;?<br>
<br>-brandon<br>