Savvas Bout founded Prefixx in 2018 to make IPv4 transfers and leasing straightforward for the people who actually run networks. He brings more than 20 years of experience designing, operating and maintaining data centre infrastructure for service providers, enterprises and cloud hosters, spanning network engineering, data centre design and operations, and bare-metal cloud. He works on transfers and leases across ARIN, RIPE NCC and APNIC, and on bringing customer address space into production on the Netrouting network.
Articles by Savvas Bout
Leased IPv4 Space: What You Actually Control
Routing authority, rDNS, RPKI, and reputation rights on leased IPv4 explained. Know exactly what you own before you sign...
Read → Feb 18, 2026BYOIP in 2026: The Complete Guide to Using Your Own IPv4 Addresses Across AWS, Google Cloud, and Beyond
Complete BYOIP guide for 2026. Use your own IPv4 on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Netrouting bare metal. Cut cloud IP costs and ma...
Read → Feb 18, 2026IPv4 Market in 2025: Price Correction, Rising Demand, and What Comes Next in 2026
IPv4 prices dropped to multi-year lows in 2025 while transaction volumes hit records. Learn what drove the correction an...
Read → Jun 24, 2024Navigating the Crossroads of IPv4 Strategy: To Buy or to Lease?
Navigating the dwindling IPv4 address pool? This guide explores the financial, strategic, and technical aspects of buyin...
Read → May 10, 2024IPv4 to IPv6: Smooth Migration Tips[Guide]
Learn smooth IPv4 to IPv6 migration tips, terminology, and transition mechanisms outlined in RFC 2893 for seamless inter...
Read → Mar 26, 2024AWS BYOIP & IPv4 Leasing: Unlock Savings[Case Study]
Explore the case study of AWS BYOIP & IPv4 Leasing to unlock savings for your organization. Understand the cost efficien...
Read → Dec 12, 2022How your location can be tracked on Omegle
How your location can be tracked on Omegle? How can Omegle users find out how far you live? Then how to stay safe when u...
Read → Nov 08, 2022What will happen when the routing table hits 1024k
The IPv4 routing table limit crossed 512,000 border gateway protocol BGP routes. Many network operators were using older...
Read → Sep 20, 20228 Efficient Strategies for Prolonging the Lifespan of IPv4
IPv6 advocates have been predicting the end of IPv4 for some time. As IPv4 addresses run out, many organizations are at...
Read → Jul 29, 2022Freeing up of hundreds of millions of IPv4 addresses mooted
Millions of IPv4 addresses can be released with the new efforts. This reduces the pressure on existing providers who are...
Read → Jun 01, 2022What is an IPv4 datagram?
A datagram is a name given to the IPv4 packets produced when the information is sent from the host device to the receivi...
Read → Apr 29, 2022What are the classes of IPv4? How to identify IP class?
IPv4 is 32 bits in length and so the maximum number value is 2 to the power 32 addresses. The 32 bits are broken into 4...
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