Depends what size block is being traded. Prices for /16 and larger have been flat since 2021.
One thing is for sure: the cost for any size block has not dropped back to 2013 levels.
Consider also that providers are starting to pass the charges onto their customers, like $DAYJOB-1 (an NSP) and now AWS this year. Those who may not be trading address blocks are starting to feel the bite.
-Brian
On Feb 15, 2024, at 5:31 PM, Tom Beecher <beecher@beecher.cc> wrote:
$/IPv4 address peaked in 2021, and has been declining since.
On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 16:05 Brian Knight via NANOG <
nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
On 2024-02-15 13:10, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote:
> I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
>
> The only thing stopping global IPv6 deployment is
> Netflix continuing to offer services over IPv4.
>
> If Netflix dropped IPv4, you would see IPv6 available *everywhere*
> within a month.
As others have noted, and to paraphrase a long-ago quote from this
mailing list, I'm sure all of Netflix's competitors hope Netflix does
that.
I remain hopeful that the climbing price of unique, available IPv4
addresses eventually forces migration to v6. From my armchair, only
through economics will this situation will be resolved.
> --lyndon
-Brian