Re: IPv4 flag day

[David Conrad via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Jun 19, 2026, at 12:19 PM, Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 11:32, David Conrad <drc () virtualized org> wrote:
> > "Big tech shops” buying up all the addresses would drive the asset value up, increasing the likelihood the 
> > beancounters will see incentives to migrate.
> It is an irrelevant cost to them. There is more value to them that competitors cannot have them. Hence antitrust.

I was speaking of SMBs. They might (historically were, in my experience) be interested in the asset sale, particularly 
as they moved to the cloud/SAAS and defensively reduced their public Internet exposure.

> Free market won't fix the problem we created.

I have some skepticism that a “turn off IPv4 day” mandate from (some) network operators will change things 
significantly, but I’m frequently wrong.

Regards,
-drc

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