Summary

  • What it says:AFRINIC shows how carrier-grade NAT turns IPv4 scarcity into a hidden operating tax paid through port scarcity, attribution logs, lawful-access handling, abuse desks, support queues, application failures and premium public-address exceptions.
  • Main topic:Network-resource evidence; Registry governance; IPv4 scarcity economics; Abuse-contact economics
  • Context:Governance / Research / Africa

The request reaches the abuse desk at the worst possible hour...