[members-discuss] why is it proving impossible to gain IP sapce

can someone provide an insight into wether ipv4 at ripe has actually run 
out now? how much is left.. etc :P

and can someone at google and facebook and twitter and stuff provide a 
reason why ipv6 STILL isn't on on their stuff by default

(the same goes for ALL german xdsl providers ;)

it's not like you lot didn't have millions to spend and years to prepare 
for it :P

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Bill Lewis wrote:

> hi,
>
> We have a /21 IP4 and a /32 IP6 and need more IP4... We appreciate the
> IP4 pool is very low...but...
>
> We have been trying to gain more IP4 , a /21 would be good, /20 idealy
> as equipment vendors and partners are unfortunately not yet up to speed
> with IP6 for production use here and therefore we need more IP4 to
> bridge this gap.
>
> The issue is that it is proving impossible to gain any IP4, it is clear
> that we have allocated all we have and are now forced to "rent" IP space
> from other LIR's in order to bridge the gap.
>
> Can somebody tell me why we are paying to be an LIR but are unable to
> gain modest extra resources above our initial allocation 3 years ago and
> therefore having to resort to renting space privately?
>
> Perhaps somebody could clarify this please as the last request got to a
> point where it was clarified that all the /21 is allocated and
> then....nothing...  We even were told we had last had an additional
> allocation in 2010 which is not true as we joined in 2009 and that is
> when we gained the initial and only blocks we have.
>
> Our first alloc just pushes us into the Small category on its own due to
> being a recent-ish LIR and therefore an extra block is unlikely to
> increase our fees, is this why?
>
>
> cheers
>
> Bill
> uk.kijoma
>
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