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IPv4 Address Transfer in Cross-Border M&A
When addresses change hands in a merger or acquisition financial leaders should understand the basics of their valuation and transfer. Read more
Policies Regarding Leasing IPv4 Addresses
As the leasing market is heating up, and following several years of proposals to allow or prohibit IP leasing, here’s the current policy situation in each region. Read more
IPv4 Market Improves
Internet Routing Security
Transferring IPv4 addresses from a legacy holder to an organization with an RIR contract can improve internet routing security. This occurs because addresses under an ARIN contract can benefit from processes and services not available when ARIN was established. Read more
Managing Network Resources with Excel
Excel has quirks to go along with its power and convenience. Broadly speaking, it is a generalist’s tool, meant for pretty-good performance in almost any calculating and record-keeping environment. But “pretty good” isn’t terrific. Read more
Privacy on the Internet
The identification of individual users and their interests is based on users’ behavior online. But behavior tracking isn’t the only form of involuntary characterization by outside parties. We announce who we are and what we (probably) care about in many ways. Read more
The Difference
Between IPv4 and IPv6
IPv4 and IPv6 sound very similar and they were both developed to solve the same problem. But unless you’ve looked closely under the hood, it’s hard to know how they differ. Read more
IPv4 Address Leasing:
Ownership Rights and RIR Policies
Unlike selling IPv4 addresses and relinquishing ownership rights to these addresses, leasing them on the market enables organizations to “lend” these ownership rights to lessees. Read more
The IPv4 Leasing Market
The IPV4 leasing market has been controversial, driving policy discussions at public policy meetings among the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that administer the IPv4 address records. In part because short term lessees tend to use the addresses in ways that will get them blocked. Read more
Should I Sell or Lease
IPv4 Addresses?
The best reason to lease is that it generates monthly recurring revenue that can be reported as operating income. For an asset with often a $0 cost basis, that’s very appealing. Read more
Diverging Prices
& Buyer Opportunity
The $ per IP address differential between /16s and smaller blocks is likely greater than the integration cost penalty of dealing with multiple small blocks. Read more
Should I Buy or Lease
IPv4 Addresses?
There are multiple options for leasing IPv4 addresses. So, organizations needing IPv4 addresses have to consider whether buying or leasing makes more sense. Read more
Why Are RIR Transfer Fees Inconsistent?
The variations in transfer fees within a single Regional Internet Registry (RIR) can be considerable. Those required by the four transferring RIRs are many and inconsistent. Read more