But you asked for specific issues. Let's start with ETNO's concerns that a transfer system cannot ensure a process that is open, transparent and equitable. By opening the door to private negotiations and agreements between LIR's, you will have destroyed the very foundation of RIPE, which is openness, transparency and fairness.
Michael, Could we see a public statement from ETNO or the majority of its members that should an IPv4 address market emerge after RIR exhaustion, that all ETNO members will abstain from engaging in IP address trading? I think that a statement of this form would send a very clear message to RIPE that an IPv4 address market of the type proposed in 2007-08 is not supported by community consensus. Nick -- Network Ability Ltd. | Head of Operations | Tel: +353 1 6169698 3 Westland Square | INEX - Internet Neutral | Fax: +353 1 6041981 Dublin 2, Ireland | Exchange Association | Email: nick@inex.ie