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    Nortel selling 666,624 IPv4 addresses to Microsoft for $7.5M

    http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=463504

    The Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, is selling assets to raise money for creditors. In court papers Monday, Nortel urged quick approval of the address sale to make the most of the opportunity to profit ...
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    Wow thats a bit over $11 per IP. Talk about a good deal for Nortel
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    Meanwhile the US Department of Defense has millions of unused IP addresses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zymic View Post
    Meanwhile the US Department of Defense has millions of unused IP addresses.
    Certainly they paid a lot more for each IP
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    It's a very good price per ip, but it's a good investment by Microsoft.
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    Quote Originally Posted by curvehost View Post
    It's a very good price per ip, but it's a good investment by Microsoft.
    $11 is for 600,000+ quantity.

    How much for 6,000? Or 600?
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    The sale hasn't been approved yet. I think it'll be a good test for ARIN. We'll see how they respond.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dotHostel View Post
    $11 is for 600,000+ quantity.

    How much for 6,000? Or 600?
    Only time will tell
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    Quote Originally Posted by WII-Aaron View Post
    The sale hasn't been approved yet. I think it'll be a good test for ARIN. We'll see how they respond.
    That will indeed be quite interesting. A number of issues could be raised.

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