Comments on: Countdown to Depletion: Europe’s last batch of IPv4 Addresses

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:09:49 +0000

Why wouldn't they be transferable in Latin America & African countries. I suppose the policy prohibits the transfer of IPs to companies based in those select countries. I was doing some additional research and found the average cost of a single IPv4 is upwards to $10. That sounds like a lot?

By: MIke Burns

MIke Burns — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:08:37 +0000

Hi James,

The European RIR, RIPE, also allows sales of IPv4 addresses within the RIPE region, but there is a policy proposal in the comments phase there which would add Europe to the existing “free trade” regions of ARIN and APNIC. If this proposal passes, IPv4 addresses would be transferable anywhere in the world except Latin America and Africa.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:07:26 +0000

Thanks for your comment Mike. I stand corrected. IpV4 seems to be a hot topic lately as everyone is seemingly fighting for every last one of them. I’m interested to see how everyone will make the shift toward IPv6 in the coming years. Do you think the industry should be more focused on IPv6 instead? Very informative website BTW.

By: Mike Burns

Mike Burns — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:06:19 +0000

The IPv4 Transfer market should not be characterized as a black market.
In fact, policy exists in both ARIN and APNIC for the provision of sales of IPv4 address space. As the Nortel case demonstrated, the idea of transferring unused address space for money is neither illegal nor contrary to policy.