Friday 23 July 2010

IP addresses allocation vs Spectrum allocation

Here is a suggested paper for Internet economists:

It is called "Economic Factors in the Allocation of IP Addresses" and it is written by Dr. Milton Mueller. It draws upon the tragedy of the commons which I used previously to analize spectrum allocation mechanisms. Actually, there are many similarities and of course differences.

Pay special attention to "scarcity" and "private property rights"... in both, IP addresses and spectrum frequencies there may be inefficiencies from underexploitation of both...

Also, in the case of IP addresses there is IPv6 and in the case of spectrum there are new technologies that call into question the "scarcity" principle.

Hope you like it.

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