[ARIN-consult] [ARIN-Suggestions] Response to Suggestion 2015.9: CONVERT IPV4 COUNTDOWN TO SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

[Scott Leibrand]

Yeah, just replace the home page /8 equivalents badge with that table, and
I think everyone would be happy.

-Scott

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 4:42 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apologies for top-posting, but isn't the listing of /23s and /24s at
>
> https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_countdown.html
>
> a good enough counter?
>
> rgds,
>
> McTim
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:55 PM, David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 7/6/15 16:51 , ARIN wrote:
>>
>>> ARIN has issued its response to ACSP Suggestion 2015.9. The suggestion
>>> and response text are provided below. This suggestion is now closed and
>>> is available at:
>>>
>>> https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2015-9.html
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Communications and Member Services
>>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>>>
>>> ****
>>> Suggestion: *
>>>
>>> Value to Community: As the available IPv4 free pool becomes
>>> progressively more infinitesimal, the legibility of the tiny fraction of
>>> a /8 remaining will be much better in scientific notation. For example,
>>> today we are at 0.00847. 8.47E-3 is a bit easier to read. As the decimal
>>> moves farther to the left, the effect will be more pronounced.
>>> This is semi-tongue in cheek, but I couldn't resist. The reality is I
>>> don't expect the counter to be relevant long enough for this suggestion
>>> to get implemented. It's time to recognize that IPv4 is over and turn
>>> our focus to IPv6 deployment.
>>>
>>> *Response:*
>>>
>>> Thank you for your suggestion (2015-9) on the topic of changing how ARIN
>>> displays the last remaining IPv4 free pool inventory. Although this type
>>> of notation could be helpful to some, we have received only one
>>> suggestion (from you) to make this change. We agree with your statement
>>> that indicates the IPv4 free pool may deplete sooner than we could
>>> prioritize this suggestion for implementation. For that reason, we are
>>> closing this suggestion without taking further action.
>>> Thank you for using the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process.
>>>
>>
>> While I agree with the response given to the specific suggestion of using
>> scientific notation, it may be useful to consider part of the value
>> statement more as problem statement.  As the available IPv4 free pool
>> becomes progressively more infinitesimal, representing the available free
>> pool as /8 equivalents will become more and more problematic.
>>
>> The primary point being that an accurate representation of the free pool
>> inventory will be useful even if it is in fact zero, however usefulness of
>> the current representation, based on a /8, is degrading and almost useless
>> at this point.
>>
>> Given that the free pool is currently slightly more than 500 /24s, and
>> not likely to exceed more than a couple thousand /24s for the foreseeable
>> future, I would recommend changing the representation from /8 to /24
>> equivalents.  This would probably be forever, but if somehow the inventory
>> made it above say 20 or 30 thousand /24s then maybe the representation
>> could be increased to /16 equivalents or beyond as appropriate.
>>
>> If necessary I can submit this as a new suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> --
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