<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Dear all</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">A brief news update regarding recently posted news items.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Regards</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Anya</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><h3 style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; ">Internet Society Statement on APNIC IPv4 depletion - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">vailable online here: </font><a href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3592"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3592</font></a></span></span></h3><h3 style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Last Friday, 15<sup style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; ">th</sup> April 2011, the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) announced that it has reached the last significant block of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses in its available pool – making the Asia Pacific region the first to reach the point of being unable to meet regular IPv4 demand. This is due to the unprecedented fixed and mobile network growth the region is experiencing. </span></h3><div><p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 5px; ">Reaching the final block of addresses triggers a new approach to allocating addresses which will be rationed from now on. This scarcity means that companies cannot continue with ‘business as usual’ in network growth. Among the possible coping strategies, it is expected some will choose to pay to acquire rights to use IPv4 addresses from others — an expensive undertaking given recent estimates of approx $11USD per address.</p><p style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 5px; ">We strongly urge that such transfers be effected <a href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3585" target="_blank" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">per appropriate RIR processes</font></a>. </p></div></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">We've also added some content relating to the transfer of addresses in an </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Internet Society Open Letter on Transfer of Internet Protocol Addresses </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">which can be found online here: </font></span><a href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3585"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3585</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">. </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">The Internet Society is committed to, and has many activities aimed at supporting the deployment of IPv4’s successor, IPv6<a href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3585#_ftn4" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: none; ">[4]</a> as the only viable path forward for the Internet. However, IPv4 is still very much the cornerstone of the Internet of today, and all stakeholders must do their part to ensure that it is managed responsibly and consistently with the policies established in the open processes of the Internet community.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">In Europe the Internet Society commented </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">on today’s publication of the European Commission’s </font></span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/library/communications_reports/netneutrality/comm-19042011.pdf"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">report </font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">on net neutrality</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">, and heartily endorsed its continued emphasis on the importance of the open Internet. See the full statement: "<b>Internet Society welcomes European Commission backing for open Internet</b>" here: </font></span><a href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3614"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3614</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Anya Chambers<br></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Internet Society</font></b></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">mobile: +1 224 321 0378</font></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">web: </font><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">www.InternetSociety.org</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">twitter: </font><a href="http://twitter.com/internetsociety"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">InternetSociety</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">What will the Internet look like in 10 years? </font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br>Watch the trailer; </font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInTXcZ4HZM%0A"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInTXcZ4HZM</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br><br>For more information: </font><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/scenarios"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">www.internetsociety.org/scenarios</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br><br><br><br></font></div></div></div></div>
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