This week, ARIN allocated another /12, bringing their inventory to less than half of a /8. Since they allocate based on 3-month need, this is “Last Call” for allocations. My friend @toreanderson pointed out that runout date varies based on the size block you need–something I’ve noted before, but haven’t detailed. So I built a spreadsheet. What if […]
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IP Addressing Playbook for 2014
How the Year Will Play Out I’ve run analyses and made predictions about RIR runnout, most recently in my End of 2013 blog post. So how will 2014 play? Here’s a future year in review. Life continues as usual through January and February. IPv6 deployment increases, maybe another country has their largest ISP roll out IPv6. IPv6 […]
Recent Large Allocations from ARIN
Every few days I look at ARIN’s home page to see how many addresses they have remaining, and to see if there have been any large allocations in the past few days. Sometimes they go for days with not change, then suddenly hand out a few thousand. Usually when I notice a big change, I’ll update my […]