Re: trying to reconcile two threads

> It seems to me that these two can't both be true. IP Addresses cannot at
> once be scarce enough to charge for and non-scarce enough that scarcity is
> a non-issue.
>
> Does anyone else see something schizoid about this discussion?
Not I.  I, as an end user or small site, cannot use just any IP
address.  Not even any old address that has been properly assigned to
me.  I can only use addresses that come from one of my ISP's
aggregates.  And with respect to that kind of address, my ISP is a
monopoly supplier.