[AusNOG] 36/8 and 42/8 allocated to APNIC

[Leo Vegoda]

Hi Mark,

On 18 Oct 2010, at 2:58, Mark Smith wrote:

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>> The IANA free pool contains 12 unallocated unicast IPv4 /8s.
>> 
> 14 /8s / 10.5 months = 1.333 /8s per month, therefore roughly 9 months
> to go.

If only it were so easy to predict. Demand is a variable rather than a constant and the last five /8s will all be allocated at one time, as per the policy:

http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm

It could well be less than nine months.

Regards,

Leo