RE: trying to reconcile two threads

["Dr. Carsten Bormann" <cabo at TZI.ORG>]

> It seems to me that these two can't both be true. IP Addresses cannot at
> once be scarce enough to charge for and non-scarce enough that
> scarcity is
> a non-issue.

Fred,

scarcity is not the point.  Differential pricing is.
ISPs need a way to charge vastly different prices for "business" and
"consumer" access.
Or, in other words, they need a way to devalue consumer access to be able to
continue charging more for business access.
One dynamic vs. multiple static addresses gives them that way.
That's all -- no scarcity needed.
(Though it's convenient to have a "technical" reason to explain this
business decision.)

Gruesse, Carsten