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Dispelling the IPv4 Address Shortage Myth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the put-on-your-debating-hat dept.

Zocalo writes "While looking up some WHOIS information at RIPE just now I noticed a couple of articles about the IPv4 address space allocation status. IPv4 Address Space: October 2003 is a short summary by RIPE themselves, and IPv4 - How long have we got? is from July 2003, but has lots more detail and pretty graphs! In short, the "Death of the Internet" due to lack of IP space is a myth, which doesn't bode well for getting IPv6 rolled out any time soon."

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  1. Hey, why the Troll? by rmdyer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just ask a perfectly reasonable question. Just looking for the answer. I did find the original post funny, I just wanted to know. I wasn't in the least trying to be an ass.

    What is going on here. Everybody have a bad day or something? Did somebody hit me with a Troll gun?

    Grow up and learn to communicate.

    +500