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Honestly prudential is the one that stuns me. They’re an insurance company! Why do they need all those?!

• lmm 5y ago
  They probably got a /8 early and gave each regional office their own /16, so they'd have to unpick all the addresses they're currently using before they could sell off any.
  • Dylan16807 5y ago
    I'm sure they could split it into /16s and sell off the empty ones.
• axaxs 5y ago
  Same with Ford. And while I do think the addresses should be returned, they should get market value or above for them. We should not punish companies for buying into the future, which turned out to be a great investment.
  • viraptor 5y ago
    Alternative view - those addresses should not be "returned". They're owned. I hope hoarders will get blocks as large as they can so that we experience real shortage and start seeing the first ipv6-only services.
    • IncRnd 5y ago
      The addresses are not owned by those in the list. They are allocated for an ongoing yearly fee.
      • Sebb767 5y ago
        If they were bought early enough, they count as legacy and are fee-free. And even if they aren't, the current price trend will easily outgrow the fee.
• IncRnd 5y ago
  Prudential got that block 5 year before IPv6 was introduced.
  • edoceo 5y ago
    Maybe they just bought it for insurance.