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Re:BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem by Cthulhu_ on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:23AM (#44668358)
I'd guess they bought a whole block early on because they could and it wasn't too expensive yet. I wonder if they could be compelled to auction it off. But they might be using it a lot internally.

(a lot of guesswork in this comment, I don't know anything lol)

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Re:BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem by bananapub on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:37AM (#44668425)
no, no one bought anything, they just emailed some dude and said "hey we're connecting to The Internet, we need some IPs" and the reply was "here is the 2^24 IP addresses dedicated to you".
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Re:BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem by everfrustrated on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:59AM (#44670769)
In the early days no money changed hands at all. You just asked for a block and got one.
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