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<b>From</b>: APNIC Secretariat [mailto:exec-secretary@apnic.net]
<br><b>Sent</b>: Monday, December 13, 2010 07:11 PM<br><b>To</b>: Skeeve Stevens
<br><b>Subject</b>: APNIC EC statement on IPv4 projections
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<p><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">Dear APNIC Members,<br /><br />Most of you will be aware that the central pool of IPv4 addresses held <br />by IANA is nearly exhausted. After the latest allocations to ARIN and <br />RIPE NCC, there are only seven /8 blocks remaining for allocation to the <br />RIRs. Of these blocks, two will soon be allocated according to the <br />current request process, then the remaining five will be distributed <br />equally among the five RIRs.<br /><br />There has been much speculation recently over the timing of IPv4 address<br />exhaustion, both at IANA and within the RIRs' own address pools. <br /><br />We are proud that the work of APNIC's Chief Scientist, Geoff Huston, <br />has made such an important contribution to those discussions, and we <br />would like to highlight his recent comments regarding this work: <br /><br
/> <a href="http://www.potaroo.net" target="_blank">http://www.potaroo.net</a><br /><br />The APNIC EC notes, as Geoff himself has stated, that as we have <br />approached the end of the IPv4 pool, IPv4 allocations have become less <br />predictable, and projections of IPv4 address exhaustion have been <br />highly variable. These variations have shown that no method of <br />numerical projection, no matter how thorough, can actually predict the <br />future, and all projections need to be interpreted accordingly.<br /><br />What is clear to the APNIC EC, and we hope to all APNIC Members, is that<br />the global IPv4 address pools will be fully consumed in the very near<br />future; in the case of APNIC, probably by the final quarter of 2011.<br />After that event, IPv4 address allocations will be strictly limited, <br />to one small allocation, of /22, to
existing and new Members.<br /><br />We hope that APNIC Members are very well informed of these developments,<br />and very well prepared in terms of business planning, staff training, <br />and customer communications.<br /><br />While there are various means by which to extend Internet services after<br />IPv4 addresses are exhausted, it is clear that IPv6 is the only long-<br />term solution. As you should be aware, APNIC's current policies ensure <br />that IPv6 addresses are readily and easily accessible to network <br />operators, and we are seeing rapid acceleration in IPv6 allocations in <br />this region.<br /><br />For some years, APNIC has been working actively to promote and support <br />the adoption of IPv6. We will certainly continue this work during 2011 <br />and beyond, towards a smooth penetration of IPv6 over our region and <br />even over the global Internet.<br
/><br />With best regards,<br /><br /><br />MAEMURA Akinori<br /><br />Chair<br />APNIC Executive Council<br /><br /><br />_______________________________________________________________________<br /><br />APNIC Secretariat secretariat@apnic.net<br />Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3100<br />PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199<br />Level 1, 33 Park Road, Milton, QLD <a href="http://www.apnic.net" target="_blank">http://www.apnic.net</a><br
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