Now, if we could get everyone that has these gigantic /8's (or multiple of them) that aren't using them to give some back, that'd be great.
Thank you interop for setting the example. Joel On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote: > Thank you Interop - for performing an outstanding act of altruism. > > John, could you provide more details at this stage on how much address space > was returned to ARIN? > > Nick > > On 20/10/2010 14:34, John Curran wrote: >> FYI, >> /John >> >> ---- >> https://www.arin.net/announcements/2010/20101020.html >> >> >> Posted: Wednesday, 20 October 2010 >> >> ARIN today recognizes Interop, an organization with a long-standing presence >> in the Internet industry, for returning its unneeded Internet Protocol >> version 4 (IPv4) address space. >> >> Interop was originally allocated a /8 before ARIN's existence and the >> availability of smaller-sized address blocks. The organization recently >> realized it was only using a small portion of its address block and that >> returning the remainder to ARIN would be for the greater good of the >> Internet community. >> >> ARIN will accept the returned space and not reissue it for a short period, >> per existing operational procedure. After the hold period, ARIN will follow >> global policy at that time and return it to the global free pool or >> distribute the space to those organizations in the ARIN region with >> documented need, as appropriate. >> >> With less than 5% of the IPv4 address space left in the global free pool, >> ARIN warns that Interop's return will not significantly extend the life of >> IPv4. ARIN continues to emphasize the need for all Internet stakeholders to >> adopt the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6. >> >> Regards, >> >> Communications and Member Services >> American Registry for Internet Numbers >> > > -- Joel Esler http://www.joelesler.net
