Hi Philip, On 28 Nov 2006, at 9:37GMT+01:00, Philip D'Ath wrote:
Where did those numbers come from, because they disagree with the numbers quoted here: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_8-3/ ipv4. html
I took the data from the IANA IPv4 registry: http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
The figures you have given look like the monthly allocation rates, as opposed to the annual rates.
Fortunately, they are the annual rates.
This is the chart of /8 allocates per month: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/images/ipj/ ipj_8-3/83_ipv4_fi gure_02_lg.jpg
It's worth noting that the author of the article writes that that chart makes it "difficult to discern the trend, or develop an expectation about the overall lifetime of the remaining pool." Regards, -- leo vegoda Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC