Re: ARIN recognizes Interop for return of more than 99% of 45/8 address block

On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote:

it's nice that interop did a nice thing here, but seriously, this is ~3 months of usage... there is no saving the move to v6, the bottom's going to fall out on or about june 2011 it seems.

I agree with Chris; this (and any other returns) won't change the IPv4 depletion/IPv6 deployment timeline substantially, but it's also true we have folks who are just now realizing IPv4 depletion is happening and returned address space may make the difference for those who need just a bit more time... /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN