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As 2024 draws to a close, the IPv4 market is finishing the year on a strong note. Demand for IPv4 addresses has remained robust, underscoring the continued importance of this finite resource in a growing digital economy. Compared to the volatile market trends seen in the past two years, 2024 has proven to be a year of stability and sustained growth.
October had the highest number of transfer requests of the year at 172. As compared to the consistent average of 143 transfer requests per month in 2024, October experienced a significant increase of +20%.
Update on the New Mexico BEAD program. Learn about the prequalification process for planning, financing, and deploying broadband networks.
We analysed 10 years of IPv4 transfer data, compared 16s and larger to /24 through /17 subnets, and use trends to predict how initiatives like BEAD funding will influence supply and prices in 2025
September 2024 update on Delaware’s Broadband Initiative: a $107 million federal funding program for universal high-speed Internet.
The IPv4 market has bounced back to 142 transfer requests in August 2024, which is right in line with this year’s average of 143 per month. Last month’s demand indicated an increase of +12% over July and a whopping +25% over June. With even better news, the 143 average is still up +5% over the average of 2022 and 2023.
Louisiana’s pre qualifies 33 internet service providers, including major tier 1 carriers, to participate in their $1.3 Billion BEAD Funding allocations
On average, the 143 requests in 2024 surpass the average 137 between 2022 and 2023, showing signs of stability and possible growth
CrowdStrike’s overisght of a software update attributes to an outage that crashes Microsoft Systems affecting clients around the world. Damages are estimated close to $1 Billion