On 10/02/2011, at 4:39 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102092156050.16359@goat.gigo.com>, Jason Fesler wri tes:
In my recent probe of route servers, I found 22 legacy /8's that were partly
or completely unused. I'm a little surprised ARIN/ICANN thinks it's a waste
of time to even try to reclaim them.
Because it is a waste of time and money.
That's an assertion I've heard, but has anyone quantified it? How much time and money would it take? Has anyone just asked the 22 /8 holders mentioned above nicely if they might just like to give them back for some good publicity? You know, US DoD migrates to IPv6 and returns X /8s for the good of the American people (assume ARIN) so that broadband might continue to grow and thrive in the land of the free? MMC