<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Douglas Onyango <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ondouglas@gmail.com" target="_blank">ondouglas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Seun,<br>
<span class="">On 1 July 2015 at 20:52, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> With ARIN getting close to end of it's v4 addresses, it recently activated<br>
> an interesting policy that attempts to address requests that are beyond<br>
> available IP block in ARIN's pool.<br>
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</span><span class="">> - Will be good to see our region preparing for such day as well<br>
> - Will be good to see new policies emerge as a result of the emerging global<br>
> realities.<br>
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</span>While I would support efforts for AFRINIC to prepare for this day, I<br>
agree with some people that it is in the distant future. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>Depends on what "distant" mean in the context of years. The current pool status shows we are at 1.7 of /8. <a href="http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-exhaustion">http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-exhaustion</a><br><br>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.<br><br><a href="http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-resources" target="_blank">http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/ipv4-resources</a><br><a href="http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/membership" target="_blank">http://afrinic.net/en/services/statistics/membership</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div>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<br><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I think the
best way this can benefit the region is our study of how the situation
plays out in ARIN -- we can use this input to shape how we handle the
same situation.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1 and now is the time to do that. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I am keen on seeing how events will unfold in implementing the policy.<br>
Waiting lists are bad enough as they are -- but now that could be<br>
compounded by people on that list who will be seeing ARIN, at best,<br>
using best-effort at reclaiming space.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>I agree on this as well<br><br></div><div>Cheers!<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Regards,<br>
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<i><span style="color:rgb(0,102,0)">Seun Ojedeji,<br style="color:rgb(0,102,0)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,102,0)">Federal University Oye-Ekiti<br style="color:rgb(0,102,0)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,102,0)">web: </span><a href="http://www.fuoye.edu.ng" target="_blank">http://www.fuoye.edu.ng</a><br>
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