[slyall]

Claiming back /8s from companies won't work. 16 million addresses is just a drop in the bucket compared to growth in China, India and other countries.

It would take years to arrange the return of 100 million addresses compared to the demand for a few billion addresses with even conservative growth.

[xhrpost]

Yup, IANA was allocating two /8's per month before they ran out. At best, you'd get a few months of extra time. http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-addr...