Summary

  • RIPE NCC's IPv4 transfer data has ten entries dated 27 October 2026. Seven /22 blocks, totaling 7,168 addresses, went from three CEG-named registered holders to Homepage Universe, Inc.
  • All seven carry the register's MERGER_OR_ACQUISITION type and PERMANENT status. They consolidate registered address control under one company name.

The seven rows share a destination

Seven entries on one date sound like a lively afternoon in the IPv4 market. RIPE NCC's original transfer file tells a narrower story. Two /22 blocks came from CEG-Rootwelt LLC, one from CEG-NQHost, LLC and four from CEGRGO-DigitalVM LLC. All seven name Homepage Universe, Inc. as the receiving holder. A /22 contains 1,024 addresses, so the group of rows covers 7,168. The other three entries dated 27 October are policy transfers to other recipients, totaling 3,328 addresses. On that day's published list, the Homepage group accounts for seven of ten rows and more than two thirds of the addresses moved.

The type field matters more than the row count. Each Homepage entry is marked MERGER_OR_ACQUISITION, with a permanent status. RIPE NCC's statistics definitions separate policy transfers from changes caused by an organisation's business structure, such as a merger or acquisition. The current DigitalVM service terms describe DigitalVM as a Homepage Universe company. The registry classification and the service company's own description point to a consolidation of registered names around an existing commercial operation.

For a market reader, the difference is expensive. The seven rows have one recipient, so a metric based on row count overstates the breadth of demand. The 7,168 addresses were already allocated; the listed holder changed. Registered control, commercial consideration and live use are three separate ledgers. A dated corporate agreement would establish the financial terms behind the new registrations.

The history is visible in the same RIPE file. The two Rootwelt blocks entered the CEG-Rootwelt name in April 2019; the NQHost block entered its CEG name in October 2020; four DigitalVM blocks entered CEGRGO-DigitalVM in October 2021. The seven lines dated 2026 are another step in a chain of recorded control, not the first appearance of these addresses.

I checked the network side too. RIPEstat's RIS routing-status at 08:00 UTC on 26 and 28 October returned the same 27 more-specific prefix/origin pairs across all seven blocks. For 45.11.0.0/22 before and after, the four observed /24s retain their origin ASNs. The register changed its named holder while the observed origin map at those two checkpoints stayed put. That is a concrete operational distinction, not a guess based on a corporate label.

Seven prefixes now point to one recorded holder, while their observed routing origins held steady across the registration date. Anyone pricing a transfer market from daily registry rows has to count counterparties before drawing a demand curve.

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