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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 are finally seeing some good news on the IPv4 demand front.  As of September 2022, we have 2 months in a row of positive IPv4 demand trends that parallel previous years, prior to the IPv4 crash in May of 2021.  We aren’t out of the woods just yet, however, the indicators could be great for the remainder of the year.

Brander Group Completes $87 Million IPv4 Sale

September 2022 - Brander Group Inc recently sold approximately 1.7 million IP addresses for over $87 million. T2022 revenue exceeds $200 million.
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.
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
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.
UpdateIPv4 Address Geolocation

How to Update IPv4 Address Geolocation

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What is IPv4 Geolocation?IPv4 geolocation maps an IPv4 address to a specific geographic location based on the connected device. By geographically mapping the IP address, any user can determine the country, state, city, zip code, latitude/longitude, ISP, area code, and type of service it is being used for.
IPv4 Sales & Transfer in Q4

IPv4 Market Summary Q4 & 2021 Wrap-Up

Due to the volatility of the IPv4 transfer market in 2021, our team was eagerly waiting to see the results of the ARIN transfers from December to complete our analysis of the entire year. There could have been a few different predictions on where the IPv4 market would end up based on the limited market supply, COVID variants, ARDOF funds and the mysterious transfer of 175 million IP addresses by the U.S. Pentagon.
ARIN IPv4 Transfers October 2021

ARIN IPv4 Transfer Volatility October 2021

While we have had a strong run and increase in IPv4 demand over the previous 3-4 months, October seemed to have slowed down a bit.  The total number of IPv4 transfer requests in ARIN dropped to 143, which is down -16% from 171 requests in September and -12% from the 163 average requests over the course of 2021.
ARIN-IPv4-Transfers-September

ARIN IPv4 Transfers Increase September 2021

September IPv4 market trends have been very positive compared to what we saw as the average of the previous 3 months. Signs of life from IPv4 buyers are visible based on the increase of IPv4 transfers requested again from 167 in August to 171 in September.