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Keep up to data with the progress the $42 Billion BEAD Funding Program

Junipers BGP reset vulnerability shows that routing policy, peer trust, patching, and control-plane exposure now belong inside security reviews.

RADB is still useful in 2026 because it helps make routing policy clearer, more visible, and easier to work with in real operations.

Hostinger and Hetzner show that IPv4 demand remains strong. Dive into the annual throughput versus monthly trends.

Understand why the importance of prefix diversity in IPv4 addressing is crucial for reducing the impact of user abuse on networks.

The ARIN waiting list for IPv4 will remain over a year long in 2026. Get more details on the recent distributions and future implications.

Submarine cables carry approximately 99 percent of all intercontinental data traffic. Not satellite, not microwave, not some alternative transmission technology that the industry is developing as a backup. Undersea fiber optic cables — roughly 1.7 million kilometers of them stretching across ocean floors worldwide — are the physical backbone of global internet connectivity, and the […]

AFRINIC’s crisis and Africa’s last IPv4 reserves reveal how scarcity, policy gaps, and a secondary market are reshaping internet governance

Explore the evolving role of AI in our digital landscape and how it is impacting IPv4, memory, server and infrastructure demand.

Cogent’s latest 10-K reveals deep financial strain, mounting losses, and rising debt pressure — making its $174M IPv4 securitization look less strategic and more like necessary liquidity.