IETF unique way could be to charge a fee for an address
allocation to
RIRs. On their side RIRs would charge for assignments as
they do now
and return a fair share back to IANA/IETF.
A IP address use fee might help solve two problems. When based upon
relative scarcities, IPv4 space should demand a higher premium.
The Board of Trustees of ARIN, one of the 5 RIRs, has just released an
official statement here:
http://www.arin.net/announcements/20070701.html
There are, however, those who propose that the democratically
established governance principles now be abandoned, to create
a market in IP addresses. A market that abandons these
existing, consensus-driven core values would encourage
speculators to take advantage of the upcoming time of
relative scarcity of IPv4 addresses to profit from less
foresightful users' remaining need.
The purpose of this memorandum is to assure the community
that the democratic principles of Internet governance will be
adhered to by ARIN,
That adds to the other two big hurdles. First, IP addresses are not
property. And second, given the fact that there is a rapidly shrinking
pool of free addresses to be sold, there is not sufficient liquidity for
a stable market to form.
--Michael Dillon
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