Network economics
This article separates address scarcity from provider markup and explains why VPS inventory has to account for routable IPv4 capacity.
IANA states that its ordinary IPv4 supply is exhausted. Its recovered-address mechanism only handles small amounts returned under post-exhaustion policy; it is not a return to the pre-exhaustion allocation model.
IANA number-resource allocation data → · IANA final recovered-pool allocation note →
ARIN records that its IPv4 free pool depleted on September 24, 2015. Organizations that do not qualify for narrow reserved policies may use the waiting list, transfers, provider-assigned addresses, or IPv6 depending on the workload.
A hosting provider still pays for upstream capacity, routing, abuse handling, address administration and—depending on the procurement model—address rental or transfer economics. The exact provider cost is not universal, so DotMoose does not publish a made-up market price for an IPv4 address.
Each public DotMoose VPS includes one dedicated IPv4 plus IPv6. A VPS is provisioned only after an address has been reserved for it, so an IPv4 shortage stops new provisioning until more inventory is available.
Dual stack improves reachability and reduces pressure to use IPv4 for every path, but many customers still require IPv4 compatibility. The operational answer is to deploy IPv6 deliberately while keeping IPv4 inventory measurable and honest.
Address policy and provider economics change. This page should be rechecked against IANA/ARIN before a material pricing or allocation claim is changed.
An allocated address still needs coherent PTR/forward identity where the workload requires it.
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