estimation of number of DFZ IPv4 routes at peak in the future

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