Re: IPv4 address block

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

I might note that one of the qualified facilitators on the list recently
"sold" me a block where the original entity which obtained it in the 1990s
was still announcing it to all of their peers and trantsi after the wire
transfer had been done, the ARIN process was done/ticket closed, and the
block resided with my AS.

It took a significant amount of badgering the original block holder (an
entity with which we had no pre-existing relationship or direct contacts
into their engineering department) to get them to withdraw the
announcement, which we did independently of the broker and quicker than
they responded to us. So my message would be to do your own due diligence
and investigation of IP space and don't trust what the "broker" tells you.



On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 8:50 PM John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2024, at 7:46 PM, KARIM MEKKAOUI <amekkaoui () mektel ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Nanog Community
>
> Any idea please on the best way to buy IPv4 blocs and what is the price?
>
>
> Karim -
>
> Many folks make use of a broker for the purpose of finding an IPv4 address
> block – ARIN refers to organizations that aid others with transfers of
> address blocks as “facilitators”.
>
> As a result of community concerns regarding less than stellar performance
> of some ARIN-listed facilitators, we recently relaunched the ARIN
> facilitator program with significantly more robust legal, accountability
> and transparency requirements –
> https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/transfers/facilitators/#qualified-facilitator-requirements
>
>
> This has resulted in a significant reduction in the number of
> organizations listed by ARIN as Qualified Facilitators, but there are
> plenty that meet the higher operational and customer satisfaction criteria
> and can be found here –
> https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/transfers/facilitators/qualifiedfacilitators/
> –  any of them should be able to do a credible job in helping you obtain an
> IPv4 address block from the marketplace.
>
> Best wishes,
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers