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> On 19.02.2016, at 10:37, Claudiu Foleanu <claudiu.foleanu at thorpanel.com> wrote:
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> I wonder if ripe does not have a report on creation of new lir`s who requested a /22 by country.  I think this report will be useful.

This would overestimate the role of a country, and ignore the fact that countries differ by size, and differ by LIR per inhabitant already with a heavy contrast.

You could say “damn germans / spaniards / whatever”, but is is totally ignoring the size difference.
If you would really want that info, just count it, the LIR code is country code based, and the LIR table is downloadable.

We had another question on this list “what happens if we need more IPv4 addresses” because of growth. So to realize the size difference, we might need to calculate the growth in internet adoption in the different countries as well. 

I did not buy no (important) IPv6 incapable  equipment for around eight years now. So I doubt there is legitimate growth in v4, except to reuse old equipment (which is just a delay of an investment). And yes, end user prices for v4 might rise as well, this can’t be prevented from now on, maybe just delayed.

Matthias