[rpd] Statistics on IPV4 allocation in Africa as of 2016

[Timothy Ola Akinfenwa]

This is a very interesting analogical discussion, makes me remember the
Parliamentary days.

Everyone has been sharing wonderful views, and I just have to give it to
Danny, Evelyn, Honest and Bope for their candid opinions. They've said it
all!

On a second thought of Andrew's analogy, with my little experience in
Auto-mechanics, I think its possible to even get 2 trucks to the market​.
How? Ok simple. We will try to start the Farmer 2 truck which has a dead
battery, with the battery of the Farmer 3 truck and then replace back
accordingly once the engine of the Farmer 2 truck has started. All things
being equal, both trucks would get to the market and 2/3 of the customers
should be satisfied. Allowing Farmer 3 to go to the market ALONE because he
had a good truck to meet the needs of his customers is not only selfish but
unpatriotic and unAfrican (if only that's correct)!

Seun already mentioned that it's only a matter of time before the big
players are even forced to go V6 anyways, since they won't be able to
acquire enough V4.

In all, I also share the view that there is no need to rush to meet the
excessive demands out there in the name of trying to "deplete our ipv4" so
that we can go v6. While it is important for us all to have the reality on
ground (which we all do now by the way, v6 is the next BIG thing!), it
should be a gradual and smooth transition that the whole community should
be aware of and duly carried along and not some sort of people playing the
good boys to satisfy their pockets and ego while making us belief they are
trying to be patriotic.

I don't think we are going to hurt "EVERYONE" by being fair, open and
sensitive to our community by introducing these artificial constraints as
Andrew put it. Its going to be a win-win at the tail end for us all.

God bless the African community!

Timothy Ola Akinfenwa
System Programmer/Support Service Administrator (Networks)
Osun State University, Nigeria

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Boubakar Barry <boubakarbarry at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Interesting to read about analogies referring to hunger and starving when
> talking about Africa and its resources. It speaks for itself.
>
> Boubakar
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 16 Jun 2016 11:59, "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Overall, i think the need for the phrase "rapid depletion" may not be
>>> so important once we hit final /8 as the focus will start tending towards
>>> v6 for major players since they won't be able to get enough v4 resource
>>> they require anyway.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Dont ignore the intra-africa IPv4 transfers that is if the policy
>>> becomes a reality.
>>>
>>
>> SO: Well the goal should not be for big players not to get their resource
>> through other means if they care to go through the rigorous process, and
>> ofcourse they will require patience as well since the intra-policy allows
>> periodic transfer. That said, it will be transfer of resource which is
>> already considered allocated anyway so it may not be a thing to worry about.
>>
>> On a separate note, one of the things that has occurred to me lately, is
>> a question on how to take advantage of the v4 space (now that its still
>> seem to be hot cake) to serve the AFRINIC region and also to improve the
>> sustainability of organization as a whole. Perhaps its something we should
>> ponder upon as well.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>> > Regards
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> Noah
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Bringing another down does not take you up - think about your action!
>>
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