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Keep up to data with the progress the $42 Billion BEAD Funding Program
58 million IPs were transferred in 2025. This 28% year-over-year increase, paired with a 33% price decrease, highlights an inverse correlation between demand and pricing
LinkedIn poll shows most industry respondents expect IPv4 prices to rise as $20B in BEAD broadband funding is released in 2026.
U.S. fiber investment is accelerating across AI corridors, regional markets, and ultra-high-speed networks. A new phase for broadband
What IPv4 abuse is, how spam, botnets, and routing attacks are handled today, and whether internet security efforts are actually improving.
ARIN IPv4 transfer requests totaled 150 in November 2025, signaling steady activity and buyer-friendly conditions in the IPv4 market
Trump signs executive order to curb state AI regulation, directing federal legal challenges and linking to broadband funding
AFRINIC’s crisis and Africa’s last IPv4 reserves reveal how scarcity, policy gaps, and a secondary market are reshaping internet governance
Reverse DNS, or rDNS, maps IP addresses to hostnames using PTR records. Learn how it works, why it matters, and how ARIN manages delegations
In October, ARIN recorded 147 IP transfer requests, only modestly lower than September’s 153 and on par with this year’s monthly average of around 148 per month.