Re:Next Generation MITnet
by 6d6b73 on Thursday April 20, 2017 @10:40AM
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So they knew that IPv4 address space is nearing exhaustion, and they that they are using only 2 mln out of 16 mln addresses yet they decided to wait until now? And instead of returning the addresses (like Stanford did) they want to sell them?
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Why not sell them?
- It's not clear to me who benefits from just giving IP addresses back to ARIN. I guess it means everyone (presumably mostly telcos and cloud providers) get IP addresses a little bit cheaper.
- I'm not sure why MIT is under some special obligation to give back their old, pre-ARIN addresses that they got in the early days of the Internet relative to the variety of corporations who still own the blocks from the same regime including Halliburton for example.
Re:Next Generation MITnet
by notacoward on Thursday April 20, 2017 @11:48AM
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Sort of reflects on MIT's business school (Sloan) vs. Stanford's, I'd say.
Why business schools rather than institutes as a whole, bureaucratic structure, beliefs of particular powerful people on campus, etc.? I'm not sure what this comparison has to do with Sloan and GSB.
Re:Next Generation MITnet
by notacoward on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:06PM
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MIT found a way to monetize something that Stanford had given away for free. Not saying it's right, but it's a business decision. Also, it's a joke. People seem to be taking it rather seriously, which says more about their levels of (in)security than anything.