Bankrupt Borders flogs 65,536 IP addresses at $12 a pop
Interesting. Note this transfer of IP addresses is taking place publicly and not on the black market as some have feared.The bankrupt bookseller Borders wants to sell its stash of 65,536 IP addresses to healthcare software vendor Cerner for $12 per address.
The bust high street chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February, and has been selling off its assets to pay its creditors ever since. The address sale is one of its last assets to be disposed of.
Cerner has agreed to pay $786,432 for the rights to a /16 block of IPv4 addresses, or $12 per address, according to a New York bankruptcy court filing. It’s believed to be only the second time ever a batch of IP addresses has been sold in this way, and sets a new high in terms of price.
» via The Register
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