August saw 5 million+ numbers transferred in or from the ARIN region, escalating IPv4 market participation, and a still gradual rate of IPv6 adoption; network operators settle into a “new normal.”
August saw 5 million+ numbers transferred in or from the ARIN region, escalating IPv4 market participation, and a still gradual rate of IPv6 adoption; network operators settle into a “new normal.”
There are many misconceptions about the IPv4 market. Often, these misconceptions are red herrings, repeated in different venues to transform them into conventional wisdom.
The ARIN free pool runs on empty, RIPE officially opens the European region to interRIR transfers, and IPv6 continues its upward trend but still only predicted to account for 34% of global IP traffic by 2019.
The North American IPv4 free pool nears total depletion, ARIN activates its waitlist, a needs based standard is proposed for 8.3 transfers, and IPv6 continues to reach new heights in the U.S. while maintaining persistent lows elsewhere in North America.