Comment on We're about to hit phase 3 of ARIN IPV4 rationingparentComments−Afforess13yRumormill at IBM is that we bought some random companies a while back just for their IPv4 blocks. You didn't hear that from me though.−jychang13yDoubt it, everything on IBM is natted to a 10.0.0.0/8 or is running externally to 9.0.0.0/8.Source: I work at IBM, in a division that was another company that was bought out a few years back.−peterkelly13yI think the suggestion was that they expected those blocks could become very valuable in the future and could thus be sold for a healthy profit. I don't think GP meant that IBM wanted to actually use those addresses themselves.
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Rumormill at IBM is that we bought some random companies a while back just for their IPv4 blocks. You didn't hear that from me though.
Doubt it, everything on IBM is natted to a 10.0.0.0/8 or is running externally to 9.0.0.0/8.
Source: I work at IBM, in a division that was another company that was bought out a few years back.
I think the suggestion was that they expected those blocks could become very valuable in the future and could thus be sold for a healthy profit. I don't think GP meant that IBM wanted to actually use those addresses themselves.