[arin-announce] Four /8 Blocks Allocated to the RIRs – 2.73% Remains at IANA

[ARIN]

Today, 30 November 2010, the IANA allocated four /8s to the RIRs – 23/8 
and 100/8 to ARIN and 5/8 and 37/8 to RIPE NCC. This leaves only seven 
/8s remaining in IANA free pool of IPv4 addresses, or 2.73% of the total.

When the IANA IPv4 free pool has only five /8 blocks remaining, they 
will be simultaneously distributed to the five RIRs in accordance with 
global policy. This means that only two blocks remain to be handed out 
under the normal distribution method.

With so little IPv4 address space left in the global free pool, ARIN 
continues to emphasize the need for all Internet stakeholders to adopt 
the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.

Visit https://www.arin.net/knowledge/v4-v6.html for more information on 
IPv6 adoption, or contact us at info at arin.net with any questions.

Regards,


Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)