Re: IPv4 address block

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

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