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Re: ULA Registration

Simon Hobson <linux@thehobsons.co.uk> Fri, 24 March 2017 20:52 UTC

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Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> wrote:

>> From this discussion on another list, here is the count of ULA
>> registrations in the SixXS database.
>> +------+-------+
>> | Year | Count |
>> +------+-------+
>> | 2007 |    63 |
>> | 2008 |   140 |
>> | 2009 |   321 |
>> | 2010 |   611 |
>> | 2011 |   835 |
>> | 2012 |   742 |
>> | 2013 |   724 |
>> | 2014 |  1096 |
>> | 2015 |  1303 |
>> | 2016 |   640 |
>> | 2017 |   143 |
>> +------+-------+
>> 
>> That is 6618 ULA block that were registered, that seems like that's more
>> than just a fad. Does this make a case for resurrecting the discussions
>> of ULA-C? I think it does.  But, what do others think?
> 
> The numbers look impressive, with a glory period yet now declining. Or
> just momentarily declining to only grow bigger in the longer term.

The fall is consistent with SixXS having stopped taking new registrations towards the end of 2015. "business stops selling widgets, widget sales fall"

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