RIPE NCC now allocating IPv4 address space from the last /8 netblock, says Ars technica magazine
“Late last week, the RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) announced it is down to its last “/8” worth of IPv4 addresses. This means that it is no longer possible to obtain new IPv4 addresses in Europe, the former USSR, or the Middle East, with one small exception: every network operator that is a “RIPE member” or “local Internet registry” (LIR) can obtain one final block of 1024 IPv4 addresses. To fulfill these requests, the RIPE NCC is keeping that last /8, which contains 16.8 million addresses, in reserve.”
Read the full Ars technica article at:
www.arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/europe-officially-runs-out-of-ipv4-addresses/