[arin-discuss] Facebook /20, Google /16

[Matthew S. Crocker]

Recovering underutilized IPv4 space will only delay IPv4 space exhaustion by a couple months.   The effort needed to recover the space isn't worth the return.  Not saying that Google or Facebook space is under-utilized, just that it doesn't make sense to go after it.  Spend your effort ($$) on moving to IPv6 and never have to worry about space again.

-Matt
----- Original Message -----

> From: "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew at corp.crocker.com>
> To: "Jason Hensley" <jason at jaggartech.com>
> Cc: arin-discuss at arin.net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:44:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Facebook /20, Google /16
> 
> Recovering underutilized IPv4 space will only delay IPv4 space
> exhaustion by a couple months.   The effort needed to recover the
> space isn't worth the return.  Not saying that Google or Facebook
> space is under-utilized, just that it doesn't make sense to go after
> it.  Spend your effort ($$) on moving to IPv6 and never have to worry
> about space again.
> 
> -Matt
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > From: "Jason Hensley" <jason at jaggartech.com>
> > To: arin-discuss at arin.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:15:15 PM
> > Subject: [arin-discuss] Facebook /20, Google /16
> >
> > Anyone have any idea why Facebook would have a full /20 assigned to
> > them?
> > Seems to me a fine example of the waste that we have out there with
> > IP's.
> >
> > Google is another - they own a /16.  Ugh!!
> >
> > Yeah, I know, we all complain about it, but come on!  That just
> > doesn't make
> > sense.
> >
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