[alyrik]

Interesting point, that... Addresses being scarce and valuable would play into the hands of large ISPs who already have a lot of addresses! Discuss! :-)

[ch0wn]

That's already reality. In March Microsoft bought a block pof IPv4 addresses for about 7.5 Million USD: http://www.dotspress.com/microsoft-buys-ipv4-addresses/77150...