On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Nicholas Warren <nwarren@barryelectric.com> wrote:
I figured that duel-stack would be the way to go, but I worry that ARIN might not give us space for duel stack out of their reserved pool (https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four10), and that this .13 of a /8 won't make it to next year.
Hi Nich, The absolute most you can get out of that pool is a /24. The same amount as a regular allocation at current gray market prices would only cost $2500-$5000 (see e.g. http://www.ipv4auctions.com/). There have been enough directed transfers at this point to expect the process to go smoothly, though you might want to contract someone to help walk you through it if you haven't extensively worked with ARIN in the past. There are some fiddly bits with needs assessments and the like where you want to make sure the words you're saying are the ones ARIN staff expects to hear. It can be tough to walk it back if you say the wrong thing the first time.
From reading the ARIN PPML, I understand that the 4.10 pool is largely untouched due to confusion (staff and registrant) on what does and doesn't qualify. The regular free pool (not the 4.10 pool) is on its last dregs and will not likely have any addresses come January.
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