Re: Last Call: <draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request-14.txt> (IANA Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address Space) to BCP

[Nick Hilliard <[e-mail]>]

On 16/02/2012 19:42, David Conrad wrote:
> One implication of draft-weil not being accepted is that it will likely
> accelerate IPv4 free pool exhaustion as the folks interested in
> draft-weil will simply go out and get blocks from their RIRs while they
> still can.  I will admit a small part of me finds this appealing as it
> would end the seemingly interminable rearrangement of deck chairs on the
> IPv4 address policy-wonk Titanic.

This deck-chair rearrangement stuff is as predictable as it is pointless.
The only good point about the ID is that at least it puts most carriers on
the same footing and gives them some level of ability to continue to
support their customers' ipv4 connectivity requirements.  In its absence, a
lot of providers will end up using even worse alternatives.

Nick