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But why is MIT making money on those addresses more valuable than giving its students an opportunity to experiment and innovate? Why would selling those "unused" spaces to Amazon further the cause of IPv6?

Also MIT hasn't even rolled out IPv6 yet...

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Would the logic not be that the money will be spent on more useful things for students?

Perhaps. I haven't seen public discussion on the plans to use the fund though, other than vague promise that it will be used on Internet things.

> Net proceeds from the sale will cover our network upgrade costs, and the remainder will provide a source of endowed funding for the Institute to use in furthering its academic and research mission.

Source: https://gist.github.com/simonster/e22e50cd52b7dffcf5a4db2b8e...

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