estimation of number of DFZ IPv4 routes at peak in the future
Jared Mauch
jared at puck.nether.net
Wed Mar 9 04:10:42 UTC 2011
On Mar 8, 2011, at 10:17 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> My guess therefore is a peak around 450-500k IPv4 DFZ routes and that this would happen in around 3-5 years. I wanted to record this for posterity.
>
> What is your guess, any why?
I think it'll end up around the same range, mostly due to hardware with built-in route limits. Some providers will be stuck with this for ~5-7 years due to equipment lifecycle depreciation.
- jared
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