[rpd] Pushing IPv6 ? Re: Questions about IP Allocation rate

[Noah]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025, 1:03 pm ben.roberts--- via RPD, <rpd at afrinic.net>
wrote:

> Hendrik,
>
> While it is important to be considering full IPv6 roll outs…  We certainly
> cant be discounting the IPv4 exhaustion conversation.
>
> You are probably assuming that all the players are already in the game.
> If one is a new startup ISP or local cloud provider, is that something you
> can easily go about with only IPV6 resources?  New entrants, whether they
> be commercial ISPs, enterprises, government DPI projects, are going to need
> to start off with some IPV4 allocations for sure.  Africa’s management of
> the remaining V4 pool is a vital policy consideration.
>

+1 to the foresight Ben...

Noah

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> Kind Regards
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> Ben
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> *From:* Hendrik Visage <hvisage at hevis.co.za>
> *Sent:* 14 October 2025 11:21
> *To:* RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Subject:* [rpd] Pushing IPv6 ? Re: Questions about IP Allocation rate
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> Question:
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>  Shouldn’t we rather consider pushing IPv6 deployment assistance across
> Africa? ie. let the rest of the IPv4 go ASAP without much resistance
> instead of making this a begging/pleading/fighting game?
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> ARIN (North America) & RIPE (Europe) serviced areas are way ahead of IPv6
> roll outs, ‘cause they don’t have any left, and looking at AfriNIC services
> countries, we are still have an abundance of IPv4, so IPv6 percentage roll
> outs are very low, and rathe we should be pushing to mirror the IPv6
> percentage rollout and usage rather than fighting over the few remaining
> IPv4s if we want to grow digital rollouts.
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> Perhaps even moving to a state of: “You can have IPv6, once you’ve proven
> a complete IPv6 rollout can you get anymore IPv4"
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> ---
> Hendrik Visage
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> Instant messaging: https://t.me/hvisage
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> On 13 Oct 2025, at 16:43, Andrew Alston <aa at alstonnetworks.net> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> I was wondering if there were updated statistics for the amount of space
> allocated in the last 3 years.  In addition to this information regarding
> exactly how much free space is still available in the IPv4 unallocated pool
> (excluding reservations)
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> I ask this because depending on the allocation rate - we may wish to
> consider revising the soft-landing policy that currently reserves a /12
> worth of ipv4 space for "future uses, as yet unforeseen".
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> I point out that the soft landing policy was ratified in 2011, and if we
> still, after 14 years, have not been able to articulate a clear reason for
> such a large reservation, I think it's time we look at most, if not all, of
> that /12 back into the main unallocated pool that can be allocated for
> African resource holders that actually need it.
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> Amongst other reasons, sitting with unallocated, unannounced, reserved
> space like this leaves the space vulnerable to hijacking and malicious use
> or even potential theft.
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> Thanks
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> Andrew
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