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> while greatly reducing or possibly eliminating a market for selling such addresses for a time I would argue that this is harmful. IPv4 addresses becoming ex
by p1mrx 5y ago
> while greatly reducing or possibly eliminating a market for selling such addresses for a time
I would argue that this is harmful. IPv4 addresses becoming expensive is what's finally convincing the bean counters to care about IPv6 adoption. The IPv4 market has effects analogous to a carbon tax on climate change.
- franga2000 5y agoThe difference with a tax of course is that the money goes into the pockets of traders instead of anyone who, well, does anything beneficial. A tax not only makes bad behavior expensive, but funds remediation efforts (a carbon tax usually funds renewables research, for example). Imagine how quickly we'd roll out IPv6 if IPv4 net owners had to start paying a small yearly fee which would be collected in a big fund that ISPs and other infrastructure providers could request grants from to finance their IPv6 transition.