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Various studies and articles have been published in recent years with estimates concerning the exhaustion of IPv4. While no one can predict the exhaustion date of IPv4 with certainty, we all know it is inevitable. It is no longer a question of “if”, but rather of “when”. Various mathematical calculations, along with discussions on how different variables affect the exhaustion date are used to approach this complex challenge.
While the existing studies published on IPv4 have merits, they also have some mathematical shortcomings and they do not examine the existing and forthcoming IANA allocation procedures in detail. As a result, they tend to underestimate the projected exhaustion date.
The result of this new method is that the IANA pool will be exhausted by 2011-01-22. The first RIR exhaustion date would occur around 2011-10-09 and the last RIR would be depleted by 2012-07-28.