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Banning IP leasing would concentrate power in the hands of those who have large IP blocks. Makes one wonder what the real motivation behind this post is.

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> concentrate power in the hands of those who have large IP blocks

Who do you think is doing the leasing? People who have no IP space?

Have you tried getting an ipblock from a RIR and failed? they seem widely available if you justify it and at a reasonable price. If not, you can always go to a host and buy at a smaller fraction...

> Have you tried getting an ipblock from a RIR and failed? they seem widely available if you justify it and at a reasonable price

RIPE wont "sell" me an IP block, no matter how reasonable a price I offer. RIPE will gladly let me pay them LIR annual membership dues for 2 years before they consider allocating me a /24 (based on current waiting list times)

I was aware of the yearly membership (600$/yr in my RIR), and that they are on a per request basis where you have to demonstrate that you will put those IPs to the use and benefit of the general public, so you need to talk about your users basically, and if you are B2B you need to talk about your client's users.

But in my RIR I don't think there's a 2 year minimum.

Regarding IPv6 blocks do those require a 2 year membership as well? They are probably easier to get.

I mean…not curtailing leasing concentrates power with sketchy rent seekers and empowers the enterprises which use them (many of which range from “sketchy” to “evil and criminal”).

So I guess I’m having trouble envisioning a world without IP leasing that’s materially worse than the one we have.

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