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		wmf on July 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amateur radio digital communications 44.0.0.0/8 pa... In what sense are IP addresses controlled by one entity? IANA isn't setting prices.

londons_explore on July 20, 2019 [–]

If IANA were profit-seeking, they would rent rather than allocate addresses, and force people to pay $10 per IP per year, and roll in the billions of dollars they'd collect.

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