On: Tell HN: Amazon now owns 3.0.0.0/8

[bryant]

Considering GE's downward spiral (www.google.com/search?q=nyse:ge), I wonder if Amazon managed to get a good deal out of it or if GE managed to actually extract some value out of this sale.

I can't imagine why sales and values of IP blocks would be publicly tracked (beyond just IP blocks trading hands), but is anyone aware of the sale price?

[matt_lo → bryant]

Both. IPs should appreciate in value because of the limited allocations.

[pbhjpbhj → matt_lo]

Won't widescale addition of IPv6 crash the price? It's coming any minute now!

[andyidsinga → pbhjpbhj]

I has similar thoughts about the price of ipv4 addrs going down.

so , some smart finance people at GE may have calculated that now is a good time to put them on the market vs wait.

[stavros → andyidsinga]

And some smart finance people at Amazon may have calculated that now is a good time to buy them and wait.

[andyidsinga → stavros]

I'm sure they've been out hounding the owners for quite some time :)

[softawre → matt_lo]

So what you're saying is this is good for bitcoin?

[iamgopal → bryant]

Amazon should buy GE.

[briffle → iamgopal]

Order a locomotive, or 5MW Wind Generator with free 2 day shipping with your prime membership..

[anticensor → briffle]

Fine print would say free locomotive offer only applies to 1435mm territories.

[anticensor → anticensor]

Aaaand, your locomotive will not move unless your CBTC reports to Alexa network, enabling precise location tracking of these trains

[Foobar8568 → briffle]

I would rather have my nuclear plant to power my crypto farm. :o

[ccozan → Foobar8568]

Better dig gold, according to the last news.

[solarkraft → iamgopal]

They wouldn't get all that much out of that, I think. It'd also be a lot of work.

[vetinari → solarkraft]

They would get the expertise to build their own dams to power datacentres ;).

[ConcernedCoder → iamgopal]

no