16 May
2024
16 May
'24
12:51 p.m.
Just to reiterate this:
They did, actually. All the old LIRs created policies to ensure that new LIRs could still get some IPv4, instead of using it all up themselves.
There are numerous discussions in the address policy archives where IPv4 allocations were gradually made more restrictive to slow down the burn rate, whilst others advocated running out as quickly as possible in an attempt to force the deployment of, and transition to, IPv6. Cheers, Rob