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[rpd] Policy areas to consider

Seun Ojedeji seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 15:02:56 UTC 2015


On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Douglas Onyango <ondouglas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Seun,
> On 2 July 2015 at 16:57, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Depends on what "distant" mean in the context of years. The current pool
> status shows we are at 1.7 of /8.
> http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-exhaustion
>
> As pointed out by Paulos already, [ceteris paribus], we may get upto 6
> years ahead......and I believe it is 2.7 /8s and not 1.7 as you mentioned.
>

Perhaps we are looking at different stats. Here is another one that still
seem to indicate 1.7

http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-exhaustion    (AFRINIC IPv4
pool usage).

It would have been 2.7 if the /8 soft landing was not part of that stats,
but i was informed that its part of it.


>
> > Considering that policies typically have a minimum of 6months processing
> period, i don't think "soon" will be too early to say on this. I would
> suggest we all have an eye on the following statistics provided by AFRINIC
> and come back by end of the year to determine if indeed the future would be
> as far as is being envisaged.
>
> I am fine with this approach. I would add ARIN's policy implementation
> to the list of things to watch
>
> > Take note from the info that membership growth for this year is
> currently about to match that of 2014 and we are still 50% of 2015
>
> I wouldn't be too worried about the membership numbers themselves, until
> they start to result into a corresponding increase in
> allocation/assignments.
>

Indeed! looks like you think people register to be member for other reasons
other than requesting for resource  [Pun intended] ;-)

Cheers!

>
>
> Regards,
>



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