[address-policy-wg] New on RIPE Labs: 25, 000 LIRs - An End to the Milestone Highs?

Dear colleagues, Little more than twelve months after we passed the 20,000 active LIRs mark, the number of LIR accounts reached a new milestone. As the number of available IPv4 addresses in our pool dropped to 3 million, applications for new LIRs exploded. In July alone, we saw a record number of 788 new accounts being activated. At this new milestone, we once more look back at the historical developments, report on the run-out of available IPv4 and share some some insights on what the future might bring for our membership numbers. Please find more details on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/25-000-lirs-an-end-to-the-milestone-hi... Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC