Re: [db-wg] RIPE DB question

[Matthew Smith <]

leo vegoda wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> On Aug 4, 2005, at 7:03 pm, Randy Bush wrote:
>
> > > > > If the end user no longer exists then we can clean up the  database 
> > > > > and
> > > > > make the unused resources available for assignment to another  
> > > > > network -
> > > > > after a suitable quarantine period.
> > > > has this happened?
> > > Yes, we have a couple of dozen AS Numbers in quarantine at the  moment.
> > cool!  do tell us if any space is actually recovered.  we talk
> > about recovery, but i worry that we actually gain so little.
>
> We try to recover unused address space, too. We have small amounts  
> coming back in, bit not a great deal.
Indeed, just in process of returning two AS numbers and /22, /23, /24....

M