Re: ARIN recognizes Interop for return of more than 99% of 45/8 address block

[Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org>]

Thank you Interop - for performing an outstanding act of altruism.

John, could you provide more details at this stage on how much address 
space was returned to ARIN?

Nick

On 20/10/2010 14:34, John Curran wrote:
> FYI,
> /John
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> https://www.arin.net/announcements/2010/20101020.html
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> Posted: Wednesday, 20 October 2010
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> ARIN today recognizes Interop, an organization with a long-standing presence in the Internet industry, for returning 
> its unneeded Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address space.
>
> Interop was originally allocated a /8 before ARIN's existence and the availability of smaller-sized address blocks. The 
> organization recently realized it was only using a small portion of its address block and that returning the remainder to 
> ARIN would be for the greater good of the Internet community.
>
> ARIN will accept the returned space and not reissue it for a short period, per existing operational procedure. After 
> the hold period, ARIN will follow global policy at that time and return it to the global free pool or distribute the 
> space to those organizations in the ARIN region with documented need, as appropriate.
>
> With less than 5% of the IPv4 address space left in the global free pool, ARIN warns that Interop's return will not 
> significantly extend the life of IPv4. ARIN continues to emphasize the need for all Internet stakeholders to adopt the next 
> generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.
>
> Regards,
>
> Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers