[ale] Can a class-b space be sold? How much?

[Greg Freemyer]

That's sort of what I thought.  I'll go with the long answer of no.

Doesn't make for a very efficient use of public IPs, but I guess thats
what IPv6 is for.

Greg

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Michael Still <stillwaxin at gmail.com> wrote:
> The short answer is yes addresses can be sold, but the long answer is
> no.  Addresses are assigned to entities and those entities are what
> are involved in the transaction, the IP space just goes along with
> them.  You just need to have your company bought by someone else.
> Remember that no individual companies "own" their IP space except that
> "legacy" space is subject to different rules, which you may be a part
> of (not sure really).
>
> There is a policy proposal in place to help make the process easier.
> See https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2010_6.html
>
> Personally, I would keep using the public class B for my own needs, as
> I use public space for everything and avoid rfc1918 like the plague.
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have just started doing some work for a client that has a class-b,
>> but they could use a 10.x.x.x if they were designing the network
>> today.  It would be pretty expensive for them to re-address all there
>> static machines, but if a class-b were worth enough it might be worth
>> it.
>>
>> Greg
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