Trusted IPv4 blog for the latest news, trends, analysis and market dynamics. Our analytics gather and evaluate IPv4 transfer data from ARIN, RIPE and APNIC and share the research with the rest of the world. We also write about related topics in the network infrastructure industry.

Roller Coaster IPv4 Market 
November 20222022

Roller Coaster IPv4 Market – November 2022

This year, the IPv4 Transfer Market has proven to become more volatile with each new month, mimicking the global roller-coaster stock market.
What Is the SpamCop Blacklist?2024

What Is SpamCop?

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SpamCop helps identify and prevent spam emails. Learn about Its benefits, user contributions, and how to remove your IP addresses.
Market Volatility Driving IPv4 Prices Down - October 2022

Market Volatility Driving IPv4 Prices Down – October 2022

The six years leading into 2022 have painted a picture of a continuous bull market in the IPv4 industry.  Prices for IPv4 address blocks had an average increase of around 25% every year due to limited availability and increased demand. However, this year has proven that even the IPv4 market can’t always be resilient to economic conditions. 
How Does BGP & Internet Routing Registry Effect IPv4

How Does BGP & Internet Routing Registry Affect IPv4?

What are BGP Routing Records? Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a protocol that allows for the fastest and most efficient routing of internet traffic.   The owner of an IPv4 Address subnet asks their upstream internet service provider to route specific IPv4 subnets now smaller than a /24 to route traffic using the best method of delivery.  BGP is responsible for assessing all of the available internet routes that data can travel and then choose the best option, which usually means hopping between Autonomous Systems (AS) numbers that represent the upstream internet providers network.
Inflations Impact on IPv4 Price - September 2022

Inflations Impact on IPv4 Prices – September 2022

We have two months in a row of positive IPv4 demand trends that parallel previous years, prior to the IPv4 crash in May of 2021
IPv4 Demand Increase August 2022

IPv4 Demand Increase – August 2022

So far, 2022 has shown a stable yet low level of IPv4 demand as compared to the previous three years.  This is largely attributed to a massive increase in demand and the shortage of IPv4 inventory back in 2021, which in turn caused the prices to increase by 100% in just 1 year.
What is Cisco Talos Intelligence

What is Cisco Talos Intelligence?

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Cisco Talos is the threat intelligence and research arm of Cisco, one of the world's leading networking and cybersecurity companies. Talos is responsible for detecting, analyzing, and protecting against cybersecurity threats.
Buy IPv4 Address Transfers July

July IPv4 Address Transfer Trends

The IPv4 transfer market was born when ARIN, RIPE and APNIC created policy to allow IPv4 address to be transferred from one owner to another.  According to the transfer logs from the three internet registries, there have been over 360 million IPv4 addresses transferred between private parties since 2016
FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)

The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initiative designed to inject billions of taxpayer’s money into the construction and operation of rural broadband networks across America. RDOF is a key part of the FCC's efforts to close the digital divide and ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed broadband. The intent of the program is to greatly improve the quality of life for communities in rural areas, while also creating a more connected nation as we move into the future. We will continue to provide updates on this significant initiative as more information becomes available.
How to Choose an IPv4 Broker2024

How to Choose an IPv4 Broker

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RIPE Provider Aggregatable (PA) & Provider Independent (PI) IPv4 Addresses serve distinct purposes within the internet addressing landscape.