[members-discuss] Decommissioning the IPv4 Transfer Listing Service

Hello, I am interested in keeping that list, we are part of the list to 
buy IPs and we like to receive offers from other LIRs.

Thanks.


On 10/06/2020 12:59, Felipe Victolla Silveira wrote:
> Dear members,
> 
> In my update at RIPE 80[1], I mentioned that we would like to 
> decommission the IPv4 Transfer Listing Service unless there there were 
> strong objections. So far, we have heard no requests to keep the service.
> 
> In case anyone is unfamiliar with this, the listing service allows 
> members to offer/request IPv4 prefixes for transfer:
> https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-transfers-and-mergers/listing
> 
> While there are currently 681,000 IPv4 addresses "offered" on the 
> listing service, when we attempted to match LIRs that had used the 
> service with those that went on to make a transfer, we couldn't find 
> much of a correlation. Of the 1,969 LIRs that transferred resources in 
> our service region last year, only 76 had posted on the listing service 
> and it's not clear whether the service actually connected the 
> offering/receiving parties for these cases.
> 
> As the listing service is reaching the end of its lifespan, a full 
> reimplementation would be needed to continue supporting it. Given that 
> the listing service does not appear to be adding much in terms of value, 
> spending development time on this does seem like a good use of members' 
> funds.
> 
> We are therefore planning to discontinue the IPv4 Transfer Listing 
> Service on 22 June. If you have strong objections to this, please let us 
> know or share feedback on members-discuss.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Felipe Victolla Silveira
> Chief Operations Officer
> RIPE NCC
> 
> [1] RIPE NCC Operational Update:
> https://ripe80.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/28-Operational-Update-RIPE-80-to-upload.pdf 
> 

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