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 […]
Runout
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 […]
ARIN’s Last /8
I was a little surprise this morning when I saw, following a /10 assignment to Akamai, ARIN has only 0.998 /8 equivalents remaining. This kicks off their Phase 4, which doesn’t look any different from Phase 2. However, after weeks of slow allocations, there’s a sudden dip, which changes curves a bit. (It’s worth noting that Geoff Huston’s projections, […]