On 05/12/2011 18:58, Noel Chiappa wrote: > Why don't the ISPs get together, outside the IETF (I so wanted to expand on > this thought, but I had better not), and have one of them - one which is in > an area with an RIR with the most available space - go their RIR and ask for > a /10 for their in-house CGN - and then publish the number and say 'hey, > everyone, here's a /10 that anyone can use for their CGN'? And then, _once > it's already allocated_, they could even publish an I-D/non-standard-track > RFC documenting it, and how to use it... Given that we just saw a /16 sold for $12/ip, what makes you think that any carrier would open up a /10 allocated to them for the good of humanity, at a potential future asset loss of $50m? This is why this sort of address space needs to be allocated by policy, not by bequest. Nick _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf