[afnog] RIPE NCC to begin allocating from 87/8

[leo vegoda]

Dear Colleagues,

This announcement is being sent to multiple lists. I apologise for 
duplicates.

The RIPE NCC received the IPv4 address range 85.0.0.0 - 88.255.255.255 
(85/8, 86/7 and 88/8) from the IANA in April 2004.

We began making allocation from 85/8 in August 2004 and from 86/8 in 
March, this year. We expect to start making allocations from 87/8 in 
the next few weeks.

We have been announcing two prefixes from 87/8: 87.192.0.0/16 and 
87.255.248.0/21, which originated in AS12654. These announcements have 
now been withdrawn as we will start to allocate from this /8. We are 
currently announcing two prefixes from 88/8, from which we will 
allocate in a few months. Those announcements are: 88.192.0.0/16 and 
88.255.248.0/21, originating in AS12654.

Details of the BGP announcements, reachability tools and other 
information are available on our web site at:

http://www.ris.ripe.net/debogon/debogon.html

You may want to update any filters you have in place.

Kind regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
Registration Services Manager
RIPE NCC