Thus spake "Robert Blayzor" <noc@inoc.net>
Seriously? I don't agree with monopolies in any way, but there are reasons for centralized control on some things, it's called sanity.
No allocation system can operate when there is higher demand than supply; the only difference between free and central markets is that a free market will self-correct as long as demand is elastic -- central markets simply fail and lead to revolution (see also: USSR).
Talk about stepping up wide IPv6 deployment to almost immediately....
...except the requirements for IPv6 PI space are even more draconian than for IPv4. Consensus in the IPng WG saying it's reasonable to expect customers to renumber several times per year because it's so "easy" with IPv6, therefore "nobody" will want private or PI space anymore. These folks make ARIN look like knights in shining armor. S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking