[131107] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN recognizes Interop for return of more than 99% of 45/8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Wed Oct 20 13:34:58 2010
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:34:22 -0400
In-Reply-To: <4CBF1D3D.6000108@2mbit.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Oct 20, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote:
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> Not to stir an already boiling over pot and all, but is there any kind of=
report or documentation on releasing of space from countries other then th=
e North American region?
You're not going to find a lot of large allocations which are unused in=20
other regions, predominantly because these allocations where made at the=20
earliest time of the Internet to organizations that were mostly in the=20
ARIN region.=20
> I'd hate to think that the rest of the world thinks that the US should be=
the one to give up all their space so that they can continue to hand out s=
pace like candy...
While it is true that some regions seem to be experiencing a real surge
in IPv4 demand recently, it's also important to remember that *all* of the
address space is for the Internet community at large, based on documented
need, on a first-come, first-serve basis. It's actually "global Internet=20
address space"; this is a fundamental principle of the Internet Registry=20
system as noted in RFC 2050.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
