I would say, in favour of ICANN ,that policies around IP addresses are very much in the hands of RIRs. As you say, there is no money to be made. IP addresses are not a distinctive sign. No-one cares which IP addresses he/she gets, as long as they get enough and are routeable. This is outside ICANN's remit. ICANN has sent out some messages to raise awareness last year. They enabled IPv6 on the L-root and IANA/ICANN Internet-facing infrastructure . They are acting as examplary in this case. They could send out a message saying they support and applaud to ISOC's initiative, make some noise around it, etc. I am afraid that will not help much. It is your/my ISP that needs to get involved. Patrick On 18/01/12 15:33, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
ICANN is focused so hard on the money-making gTLD launch that it may have taken its eye off the ball in a globally far-more-important function (IMO), ensuring the world doesn't run out of IP addresses.
Do we have a role to play in putting this back on ICANN's agenda as its #1 issue going forward?
TLDs just affects the directory services, and the scarcity is arguably artificial. Availability of IP addresses is a real issue that affects availability and connectivity, which to me is fundamentally more important than domain names.
What is ICANN doing on, and to promote awareness of, June 6?<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/ipv6-countdown-to-launch.html>