[AusNOG] Final /8 allocated to APNIC from IANA (103/8)

[Scott Howard]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Matt Shadbolt <matt.shadbolt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Whats the actual rate of allocation other than the /8s?
>
> ie, how long untill all the IPs in these five /8's are gone? Google-foo
> isn't giving me anything
>

Expected to be 5 to 10 years, for APNIC at least.

But of course, that's only half the story...

APNIC is estimating somewhere between 3-6 months until they have allocated
the two /8's they received last week.  These are normal allocations, and
will be distributed following the normal rules.

The /8 they got today will be allocated using different rules - basically a
maximum of a single allocation of /22 to anyone, with the intent that the
allocated space will be used to assist in the transition to IPv6.  Given
that allocation strategy, it's expected the last /8 will last 5 to 10 years.

So depending on your perspective, somewhere between 3 months and 10 years.

One way or another, things are going to be ugly pretty soon...

  Scott.
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