On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 05:40:55PM -0800, Scott Leibrand wrote:
> Why is average /8s per continent the right metric there? Wouldn't
> IPv4 addresses per capita be more like what we're looking for? I
> haven't run the numbers, but I suspect the ARIN region is higher than
> all four of the other RIRs in terms of IPv4 addresses per capita. If
> so, then simply removing "reciprocal," would have the same effect (of
> allowing transfers to regions with more need for IPv4 addresses than
> the ARIN region) and be much simpler.
Region | /8 count | population (mm) | ipv4 per capita (+/- avg)
--------+-----------+-----------------+-------------------------
ARIN | 36 | 579 | 1.043 (+355%)
AFRINIC | 5 | 1216 | 0.068 (-430%)
LACNIC | 9 | 442 | 0.357 (+120%)
RIPE | 35 | 738 | 0.794 (+270%)
APNIC | 45 | 4476 | 0.168 ( -57%)
--------+-----------+-----------------+----------------
total | 130 | 7451 | 0.293
numbers taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continents_by_population
Kind regards,
Job