[arin-ppml] Some data relating to IPv4 address exhaustion (or not)
Ted,
Here are some interesting data points for this group to consider.
According to the U.N., world economic growth dropped from 3.5-4% in
2003-2007 to 2.5% in 2008, and the prediction is for around 1% growth in
2009. At the same time, Geoff Huston's numbers have been shifting to
the right. In the case of IANA the number has shifted out 6 months in 6
months. We have not seen quite the same shift for RIR numbers,
however. Is world economic growth a controlling variable in the
equation of IP address consumption, or merely a coincidence, and how can
we tell?
Eliot