[AfriNIC-rpd] Fwd: APNIC IPv4 Address Pool Reaches Final /8

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S. Moonesamy

>From: "Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi" <sunny at apnic.net>
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
>APNIC IPv4 Address Pool Reaches Final /8
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
>
>Dear APNIC community
>
>We are writing to inform you that as of Friday, 15 April 2011, the APNIC
>pool reached the Final /8 IPv4 address block, bringing us to Stage Three
>of IPv4 exhaustion in the Asia Pacific. For more information about Stage
>Three, please refer to:
>
>       http://www.apnic.net/ipv4-exhaustion/stages
>
>
>Last /8 address policy
>----------------------
>
>IPv4 requests will now be assessed under section 9.10 in "Policies
>for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region":
>
>        http://www.apnic.net/policy/add-manage-policy#9.10
>
>APNIC's objective during Stage Three is to provide IPv4 address space
>for new entrants to the market and for those deploying IPv6.
>
>        http://www.apnic.net/ipv4-stage3-faq
>
>   From now, all new and existing APNIC account holders will be entitled
>to receive a maximum allocation of a /22 from the Final /8 address
>space.
>
>For more details on the eligibility criteria according to the Final /8
>policy, please refer to:
>
>       http://www.apnic.net/criteria
>
>
>Act NOW on IPv6
>---------------
>
>We encourage Asia Pacific Internet community members to deploy IPv6
>within their organizations. You can refer to APNIC for information
>regarding IPv6 deployment, statistics, training, and related regional
>policies at:
>
>       http://www.apnic.net/ipv6
>
>To apply for IPv6 addresses now, please visit:
>
>       http://www.apnic.net/kickstart
>
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
>APNIC Secretariat                                 secretariat at apnic.net
>Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)   Tel: +61 7 3858 3100
>PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia    Fax: +61 7 3858 3199
>6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD            http://www.apnic.net
>_______________________________________________________________________