Four /8s Allocated to RIRs; 2.73% Remains

Dear colleagues,

Today, 30 November 2010, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority  
(IANA) distributed four of the remaining eleven /8s to the Regional  
Internet Registries (RIRs): 5/8 and 37/8 to the RIPE NCC and 23/8 and  
100/8 to ARIN. The IANA free pool of IPv4 addresses now stands at  
seven /8s, or 2.73% of the total IPv4 address pool.

When only five /8s remain, the IANA will simultaneously distribute  
these equally among five RIRs, in accordance with global policy:
http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-remaining-ipv4-space.htm

There are now only two IPv4 blocks available under the normal  
distribution method.

If you have not already adopted the next generation of Internet  
Protocol, IPv6, I strongly urge you to act now. For more information  
on IPv6 adoption, visit:
http://www.ipv6actnow.org/

If you have any questions or comments, please email <ncc at ripe.net>.

Kind regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director, RIPE NCC