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Brander Group is the most trusted IPv4 blog for the latest 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.

Pentagon & DOD Transfer 450 Million IPv4 Addresses

As of January 2021, the Pentagon assigned 450 Million IPv4 addresses to a new and “unknown” Florida based company named Global Resource Systems, LLC. According to ARIN, it is important to note that this is not a permanent transfer. Nevertheless, this came as a bit of a shock to the internet community.

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IPv4 Market Summary Q1 2021

So far 2021 has started with a hockey stick demand curve for IPv4 addresses. If you look at the numbers, the ARIN pre-approval requests have increased 10% over the previous quarter, and a whopping +30% over Q1 of 2020. In fact, Q1 of 2021 has indicated the largest requests for ARIN pre-approval of all time with a 584 in total.

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IPv4 Market Summary Q4 & 2020 Wrap-Up

With the end of a roller coaster of a year, 2020 had some interesting movement in the IPv4 sector as well.  Due to the increased demand for people to stat indoors, we saw a surge of requests to buy ip addresses shortly after the pandemic hit. 

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4 Reasons IPv4 Prices Increase in Q1 of 2021

Throughout 2020 the IPv4 market has been very active in all the major internet registries including ARIN, RIPE and APNIC.

Unlike other industries that have suffered decreased demand for their services due to physical lockdowns and government mandated quarantines, hosting companies, ISP’s, cable providers and telcos have been trying to keep up with the increased demand for IPv4 address usage generated from more people being forced to stay indoors.

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IPv4 Market Summary Q3 2020

As the economy continues to adapt and recover from COVID, the IPv4 transfer market continues to show signs to growth.  Companies on in the market to sell IP addresses and those who need to purchase IPv4 are showing signs of growth and activity.

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