Comment by 9cb14c1ec0
5 hours ago
Banning IP leasing would concentrate power in the hands of those who have large IP blocks. Makes one wonder what the real motivation behind this post is.
5 hours ago
Banning IP leasing would concentrate power in the hands of those who have large IP blocks. Makes one wonder what the real motivation behind this post is.
> concentrate power in the hands of those who have large IP blocks
Who do you think is doing the leasing? People who have no IP space?
I mean…not curtailing leasing concentrates power with sketchy rent seekers and empowers the enterprises which use them (many of which range from “sketchy” to “evil and criminal”).
So I guess I’m having trouble envisioning a world without IP leasing that’s materially worse than the one we have.
Have you tried getting an ipblock from a RIR and failed? they seem widely available if you justify it and at a reasonable price. If not, you can always go to a host and buy at a smaller fraction...