possibly noteworthy wrote:
In theory you could design it that way, but this wreaks havoc on the economic model of the Internet.

In some respects, provider independent IP addressing "wreaks havoc" on the economic model of ISPs. If its a question of whether the interests of users or the interests of transit providers should dominate policy, the answer is that users will eventually win. I don't buy the idea that its impossible to organize ISPs.

There are other schemes, and they are quite compelling, but they are still in the research stages.

I haven't read that paper. I will. It seems odd that there would be some sort of magic routing fairy dust that would make a problem like this go away. There must be some sort of tradeoff...

RE: Looming Issues in Internet Architecture