Rejecting any and all policy changes which enable a market for IPv4 addresses, does not lead to blocking new entrants. It may, in fact, create greater opportunities for new entrants since they will be able to avoid the costs and complexity of supporting both v4 and v6. But when there will be IPv4 resources available (for an currently unknown price, but available...) those new entrants will at least have a choice. Those that think the price for v4 is too high will buy a service from an ISP that does have v4 resources, and those that are willing to
Hi Michael, pay the price for v4 will be able to avoid buying that service. This seems a much healthier situation than forcing all new entrants to buy v4 services.
They will leave that to the larger upstream ISPs, but at the same time they will be able to pay less than an IPv4 entrant would pay. But without a way to get v4 resources there will be no IPv4 entrants...
- Sander (not speaking as wg chair)