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What really surprises me is that by this graph it really seems APNIC is better rationing its allocation the most of the other RIRs with it projecting still havi
by jlawer 12y ago
What really surprises me is that by this graph it really seems APNIC is better rationing its allocation the most of the other RIRs with it projecting still having small numbers of IPs available for crossover after 2020.
Part of this is that APNIC have limited all new applicants to a /22 when they hit a final /8 available. Existing registrants were offered an ADDITIONAL /22 as their final allocation, and due to successful hand-back of unused space, an additional /22 allocation is available for existing registrants.
It seems to ensure that small players (such as startups) can still enter the market and build a viable product without having to worry about it until they are using more the 1024 IPs.
- p1mrx 12y agoAPNIC is being fairly conservative with their final /8, but the big graph doesn't show the feeding frenzy that abruptly stopped in 2011: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/fig27h.png http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/fig27h.png Interestingly, the allocation rate has picked up again in the last month or so. I'm guessing that's related to the recent announcement about the "IANA IPv4 Recovered Address Space".