Shouldn't 23.128.0.0/10 be put back into the pool? Ripe finished their test and this was a loaned block. Also with 16 million addresses in their reserved pool, did they really need to borrow this in the first place??
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/has-the-routability-of-longer-than-24-prefixes-changed Bryan Socha Network Engineer DigitalOcean On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:34 PM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > (Apologies for redistribution, but need to insure that this is seen by all > in the region.) > > The IPv4 free pool for the ARIN region is now depleted; ISPs are > encouraged to utilize > IPv6 for additional customer growth and the IPv4 transfer market for their > IPv4 interim > needs. > > Thanks! > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: ARIN <i...@arin.net<mailto:i...@arin.net>> > Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN IPv4 Free Pool Reaches Zero > Date: September 24, 2015 at 12:04:22 PM EDT > To: <arin-annou...@arin.net<mailto:arin-annou...@arin.net>> > > On 24 September 2015, ARIN issued the final IPv4 addresses in its free > pool. ARIN will continue to process and approve requests for IPv4 > address blocks. Those approved requests may be fulfilled via the Wait > List for Unmet IPv4 Requests, or through the IPv4 Transfer Market. > > For information on the Waiting List, visit: > https://www.arin.net/resources/request/waiting_list.html > > For information on IPv4 Transfers, visit: > https://www.arin.net/resources/transfers/index.html > > Exhaustion of the ARIN Free Pool does trigger changes in ARIN's > Specified Transfer policy (NRPM 8.3) and Inter-RIR Transfer policy (NRPM > 8.4). In both cases, these changes impact organizations that have been > the source entity in a specified transfer within the last twelve months: > > "The source entity (-ies within the ARIN Region (8.4)) will be > ineligible to receive any further IPv4 address allocations or > assignments from ARIN for a period of 12 months after a transfer > approval, or until the exhaustion of ARIN's IPv4 space, whichever occurs > first." > > Effective today, because exhaustion of the ARIN IPv4 free pool has > occurred for the first time, there is no longer a restriction on how > often organizations may request transfers to specified recipients. > > In the future, any IPv4 address space that ARIN receives from IANA, or > recovers from revocations or returns from organizations, will be used to > satisfy approved requests on the Waiting List for Unmet Requests. If we > are able to fully satisfy all of the requests on the waiting list, any > remaining IPv4 addresses would be placed into the ARIN free pool of IPv4 > addresses to satisfy future requests. > > ARIN encourages customers with questions about IPv4 availability to > contact hostmas...@arin.net or the Registration Services Help Desk at > +1.703.227.0660. > > Regards, > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Announce > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Announce Mailing List (arin-annou...@arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce > Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues. > >