The last 5 are, by existing agreement, to be allocated 1 per Regional registry immediately after the other /8s are exhausted. This was agreed to some time ago to ensure that no regional was disadvantaged by timing concerns on applications for space as the IANA exhaustion approached.
As that has now happened, all that awaits is for the announcement of which RIR got which remaining /8. "Immediate" doesn't mean today this instant, but by agreement, they're effectively all gone right now. The large woman has walked on stage and is awaiting the orchestra director's starting the music. -george On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Patrick Greene <patri...@layer8llc.com> wrote: > I thought there are still 5 /8's left in IANA. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo [mailto:carlosm3...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 4:36 PM > To: NANOG > Subject: Re: quietly.... > > That was it :-) so long IPv4! It's been a great ride! > > As good old Frank said, "And now, the end is near, we face the final > curtain..." > > cheers! > > Carlos > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: >>> 039/8 APNIC 2011-01 whois.apnic.net ALLOCATED >>> 106/8 APNIC 2011-01 whois.apnic.net ALLOCATED >> >> it's been on most of the lists. sunny will probably post to nanog >> shortly. the announcement is really well phrased, but i will not >> steal sunny's thunder. >> >> randy >> >> > > > > -- > -- > ========================= > Carlos M. Martinez-Cagnazzo > http://www.labs.lacnic.net > ========================= > > > -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com
