IPv4.Global News & Insights

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$42 Billion Funding for US Broadband Deployment

July 10, 2023

Every US state will get at least $107 million to deliver high-speed broadband access to everyone by 2030. Bigger states will get more. Read more

Update: ARIN IPv4 Waitlist

July 5, 2023

ARIN warned that the wait time for IPv4 space from its Waitlist is years, not months, at NANOG 88 in Seattle. There were 632 requests on the list at the end of May 2023. Read more

ARIN Consultation on ASN Fee Changes

July 5, 2023

The proposal would cost an extra $100 a year for 6,800 organizations whose only resource from ARIN is one ASN. Read more

ARIN Closing Access to Legacy Fee Cap

July 5, 2023

Organizations with legacy IPv4 addresses but no ARIN contract will need to pay more to access some ARIN services from 2024. Read more

ARIN Policy Proposal to Disallow Leasing of IPv4 Waitlist Space

June 21, 2023

Organizations getting space from the waitlist cannot transfer it for five years. A new proposal would expand that restriction. Those organizations would not be able to lease it, either. Read more

No New Charges for RIPE NCC Transfers or ASNs

May 30, 2023

TThe RIPE NCC’s members did not approve new charges for transfers or ASNs at its May 2023 Meeting. Members adopted the lowest option. Read more

RIPE NCC IPv4 Waiting List – Two Years

May 30, 2023

About 1,000 members are waiting for allocations and the member at the top of the queue has been waiting over a year. Read more

ReView:
The First IP Address Audit Tool

May 22, 2023

We’ve announced the release of ReView, a new, first-of-its-kind, free digital IP address audit tool. Read more

RIPE NCC Asks Members to Vote on Transfer Fee

April 27, 2023

The RIPE NCC will ask its members to choose a new charging model in late May 2023. This selected model will be used for 2024. Read more

RIPE NCC Suspends IPv4 Waiting List Applications

April 27, 2023

The RIPE NCC has closed its IPv4 Waitlist to new applications. Existing applications are not affected by this change. Read more

ARIN IPv4 Waiting List Update

April 11, 2023

News about the current ARIN IPv4 waiting list, the number of organizations on the list and the wait time remaining for the org on the list that has waited longetst. Read more

Get Involved in Policy Discussions at RIPE 86

April 10, 2023

RIPE 86 is approaching. It’s happening in Rotterdam between 22 and 26 May. You can influence the consensus on the policy discussions whether you attend or not. Read more