We got a new block from ARIN 12-23-2019 19:40:59. I remember many that were on the list for months to a few years that also got allocated that week.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:31 PM Fred Baker <fredbaker.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Aug 4, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: > > > > The only other option then becomes the secondary transfer markets, where > costs to acquire v4 space are much higher than what direct allocations from > the RIRs used to be. > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 3:35 PM Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. < > amitch...@isipp.com> wrote: > >> I know that a shortage of IPv4 addresses has been anticipated for quite > some time (literally decades), however, is there a shortage *right now*? > >> > >> I ask, because Liquid Web is using it as an excuse to raise their > prices: > >> > >> "We're contacting you today to inform you of a change to your account. > As you may know, the global shortage of IPv4 addresses ( > https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-run-out) continues to > impact web hosting companies around the world. ... Effective August 31st, > we will be updating our per IPv4 address price to $2.00 per IP." > > For an overview of open market pricing, you might look at > https://ipv4marketgroup.com/ipv4-pricing/. > > You may also find this talk interesting in context: > Mythic Beasts, which is a data center operator in London, gave a talk to > the IPv6 Operations Working Group in the IETF two years ago, and used these > slides: > https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/101/slides/slides-101-v6ops-ipv6-only-hosting-00. > If you look through them, you'll find a discussion of the address shortage > and what impact it has on pricing from them. > > In short, Mythic Beasts find that IPv6 service is virtually free, and > don't charge for it. They find that when a customer pushes them to also > give IPv4 addressing, they have to charge, as it costs them, and they find > that making the customer engineer explain to his/her bean counters why the > need it often has the effect of convincing the company to use IPv6 > externally. > https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ipv6atmythicbeasts-networkshop44-160323133644/95/ipv6-at-mythic-beasts-networkshop44-19-638.jpg?cb=1458740321 > > In short, yes, there is a shortage of IPv4 addresses, and the net result > is both an increase in price and an increase in network complexity.