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Myth of Address shortage

A typical example of an article based on this myth is a report by BBC online, which claimed that IPv4 address space would be exhausted by 2005. Following are several responses to that article which seek to establish the facts:

  • Response by RIPE NCC
  • Article by Scott Bradner (ARIN Board member)
  • Article by Andrew McLaughlin (Harvard Law school, formerly of ICANN)

APNIC's Geoff Huston has conducted an analysis of IPv4 consumption rates, which is available in the following forms:

  • Article "IPv4 How long have we got"
  • Presentation to IEPG "IPv4 address lifetime expectancy"

APNIC and the other RIRs also publish regular allocation statistic reports which are linked from this site.

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