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IPv4 Unallocated Addresses Exhausted by 2010

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-room-to-grow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica is reporting on how the unallocated IPv4 address pool could run out as soon as 2010. The IPv4 Address Report gives details on just how fast the available pool of IPv4 addresses is diminishing. Will ISPs be moving towards IPv6 any time soon? Or will IPv4 exhaustion become the next Y2K?"

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  1. Re:From TFA: free pr0n! by shokk · · Score: 0, Troll

    resort to NAT

    What are you finding difficult about using NAT? Maybe one of the newbs here can volunteer to help you.

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