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They may be commenting on the fact that there are multiple companies that are sitting on entire /8 ranges that could be unused, or potentially migrated to priva
by jtokoph 4y ago
They may be commenting on the fact that there are multiple companies that are sitting on entire /8 ranges that could be unused, or potentially migrated to private ranges.
- tialaramex 4y agoAzure would need to buy that space, which is over $40 per IPv4 address today. For a while it'll rise, and then suddenly it's worthless. $40 is approximately the same as "rent" on Azure for an IPv4 address for a year. Now, if Azure sells a block, that's revenue in the bank whereas if they let it out, the revenue depends on demand. And of course if they sell it they don't have it any more, if they let it out this year, and sell it next year for more money they keep both. If they guess wrong, they're left holding the bag, addresses which nobody wants to lease and yet which no longer have resale value.
- wmf 4y agoThese are mostly being sold off. Even the US military is thinking about selling.