Borders Sells 65,536 IPv4 Addresses for $12 Each
Borders Sells 65,536 IPv4 Addresses for $12 Each
Posted 12/05/2011 at 1:22pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Bookseller Borders was unable to survive the crushing onslaught from Amazon and Barnes and Noble, eventually leading to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this year. As the shell of a company continues to sell assets to pay creditors, it’s started scraping the bottom of the barrel. Borders has agreed to sell off its last significant asset; 65,536 IPv4 addresses. Software vendor Cerner will pick them up for $12 each.
The $786,432 deal will give Cerner access to a dwindling resource. ICANN handed out the last blocks of IPv4 addresses to regional registrars earlier this year. In the past, a block of IP address space would have fetched such a price, but with questions around IPv6, some believe the older addresses will increase in value.
This is only the second time a company has sold IP addresses in this way. Microsoft bought up $7.5 million worth of IPv4 space from Nortel in March. The sale of IP addresses is still controversial because IP addresses are not usually considered property that can be resold.
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innobilis
December 07, 2011 at 3:13pm
Calling Cerner a "Software Vender" is a bit like calling Walmart a door greeter training center... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerner
JEM_IPv4MarketGroup
December 07, 2011 at 8:00am
The other option available to organizations interested in acquiring IPv4 address blocks is via Specified Transfer. IPv4 Market Group is an ARIN registered and approved Facilitator for such transactions. We have multiple blocks (/16, /17, /18) available to those organizations that, as Mr. Curran identifies, can demonstrate need over 12 months. Please visit us at www.ipv4marketgroup.com for more information.
Jeff
haboh
December 06, 2011 at 9:14am
So where can I buy some IPv4 addresses?? Seems like v6 is slow coming so stocking up on some $12 v4 addresses could be a lucerative business. Where do I get them..?
jcurranarin
December 06, 2011 at 1:01pm
We've still got them at ARIN, so you can go to www.arin.net and ask for some. Of course, you'll only be approved for what you need for 90 days, so that's not exactly stocking up.
If you want to get some from an existing address holder, you need to show that you'll deploy them in your network within the next 12 months or the transfer will not be approved. More information at www.arin.net
/John
jcurranarin
December 06, 2011 at 8:02am
For those interested in background on the change in handling of IP addresses, the following article may help - http://www.circleid.com/posts/psst_interested_in_some_lightly_used_ip_addresses
newegg911
December 05, 2011 at 5:54pm
So how much does a block of IP's usually go for? Is this cheap? Expensive?
d3v
December 06, 2011 at 9:58pm
Web hosting providers rent IPs for $1-5 per IP per month. So if this buyer is in that business they could recover their money within 12 months. After that it's all profit!
flyup
December 05, 2011 at 3:56pm
Ok, so you wrote the article for readers. What about the math wiz out there? That's less than a million, fools. My computer calculator says $786432. Somebody check my math.
tkid124
December 05, 2011 at 11:17pm
Re-read the article and you will find they came up with the same amount.
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