<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000}</style></head><body><P>Hello Richard Bell,</P>
<P>>Since many networks rely on the second hand equipment markets to grow cost eff ectively and since africa has the smallest share of existing ipv4 allocations, why not do something radical like lobbying for afrinic to get the lions share of what's left.................. </P>
<P>I full agree with your comment.</P>
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<P>Best Regards</P>
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<P><BR><BR>```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````<BR><BR>The things we fear most in organizations -- fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances -- are the primary sources of creativity. - Margaret J. Wheatley:<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Richard Bell" <richard@bell.co.ke><BR>To: "AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion List" <rpd@afrinic.net>, "AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion" <rpd@afrinic.net><BR>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 7:47:47 PM (GMT+0300) Asia/Kuwait<BR>Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] What is our take on the central pool IPv4 exhaustion?<BR><BR>I have not followed the debate in detail. However clearly the cost to operators of upgrading their networks are significant. Furthermore the relative growth of african networks is gaining momentum. Since many networks rely on the second hand equipment markets to grow cost eff ectively and since africa has the smallest share of existing ipv4 allocations, why not do something radical like lobbying for afrinic to get the lions share of what's left..................<BR><BR>Kind Regards,<BR>Richard Bell<BR>sent from my Wananchi Mobile<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR><BR>From: "Adiel A. Akplogan" <adiel@afrinic.net><BR>Subj: [AfriNIC-rpd] What is our take on the central pool IPv4 exhaustion?<BR>Date: Sat 11 Aug 2007 18:45<BR>Size: 2K<BR>To: AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion <rpd@afrinic.net><BR><BR>Dear colleagues, <BR> <BR>Since few months now we have seen several analysis and papers <BR>about the IPv4 exhaustion. For everybody it sound clear that <BR>the exhaustion of the central pool will happen and that the long <BR>term solution is IPv6. And we are trying to do our best to raise <BR>awareness and support the community in that regards. <BR> <BR>But in the mean time we need to handle the remaining resource <BR>toward complete exhaustion of the central pool. In that regard <BR>several policy proposals have been seen in different regions (some <BR>as candidate for global policy). Here bellow are some of them: <BR> <BR>Global policy proposal also sent to this list: <BR>Title: Global policy for allocation of the remaining IPv4 address <BR>http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gp200707.htm <BR>[This policy suggest an equal distribution of the last 25 <BR>remaining /8 among the 5 RIRs] <BR> >>> Note: We haven't seen any comment here yet <<< <BR> <BR>Global Policy proposal not yet sent here: <BR>Title: IPv4 Countdown Policy <BR>http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-046-v002.html <BR>[This policy make the number of /8 to be equally distributed <BR>to 1 and put emphasis on LIR information and definition of local <BR>policy in each region for post-exhaustion management of their <BR>remaining IPv4 pool] <BR> <BR>Local policy in ARIN region <BR>Title: IPv4 Soft Landing proposal <BR>http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-May/006895.html <BR>[30 days after specified thresholds in the amount of address space <BR>remaining in the IANA IPv4 free pool are crossed, the requirements <BR>necessary for ISPs to obtain additional IPv4 address space are made <BR>more stringent and requesters must demonstrate efforts both to <BR>utilize scarce IPv4 address space more efficiently, set up IPv6 <BR>infrastructure services, and eventually offer production IPv6 <BR>connectivity.] <BR> <BR>I will like to draw our attention to the fact that the issue <BR>touches us in different way and our bottom up resource policy <BR>approach give us the right and the opportunity to express <BR>ourselves on the topic and propose policy that will be suitable <BR>in our region. <BR> <BR>We would like to hear from you on this. <BR> <BR>- a. <BR> <BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>rpd mailing list <BR>rpd@afrinic.net <BR>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd <BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>rpd mailing list<BR>rpd@afrinic.net<BR>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd<BR></P></body></html>