Re: Old class-B (/16) IP address block wanted

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From: Johnno
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:20

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"Roland Verlander" <rolyv@bigpond.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for someone who can sell me an old class-B (/16) IP address
> block they got from the DDN NIC or InterNIC in the early days of the
> internet.

Not a chance.  As someone has pointed out, IP addresses are not something
you can sell or trade.  You either keep your them, or you renumber and give
them back to APNIC/ARIN/RIPE.

Anyone who was able to get a /24 or even a /16 (!) back in the dark old days
before obtaining IPv4 space became very difficult, would not be willing to
let go of it.

PS: the terms /16 and class B are not synonymous, even though class B
addresses have a default netmask of 255.255.0.0.  Class C supernets also use
/16 masks.

J.

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