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

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com>]

Now, if we could get everyone that has these gigantic /8's (or multiple of them) that aren't using them to give some 
back, that'd be great.

Thank you interop for setting the example.

Joel

On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ----
> > https://www.arin.net/announcements/2010/20101020.html
> >
> >
> > Posted: Wednesday, 20 October 2010
> >
> > 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

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Joel Esler
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