CircleID

Tim,

A few comments,

1.  The first para should read "The study report analyzes the distribution and the trends of IP address allocation in 238 countries using historical data." It seems unlikely that allocations and assignments to USA networks got 37% in 2007.

2, IP2location is certainly not an exact science.  Frequently, IP2geo-location tells me I am in Mauritius (home of AfriNIC), when in reality, I am in Uganda.

3. This post sounds like the stuff we saw in 2004, the discrepancy in total numbers allocated to networks is explained by the history of classfull addressing and the fact that in the USA, folks built network long before they did elsewhere.

4. If you look at the "chart2", you see hardly any change in the data, when the text says "China IP address range is increasing at a fast pace and it could potentially overtake the number 3 spot in 2008." This tells me clearly that it's historical data and not just data from allocations made in 2007.  BTW, there ain't no such thing as "China IP address range", more accurately, one could say "The number of addresses allocated to networks in China (or allocated to Chinese companies) is increasing at a fast pace.."

Have I missed anything?

McTim