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Black Market May Develop For IPv4 Addresses

Posted by kdawson on from the step-into-this-alleyway dept.

GMGruman writes "Everyone knows that we're running out of traditional IPv4 Internet addresses and that switching to IPv6 is the answer — yet foot-dragging by IT departments and vendors means the problem is still on the back burner. IPv4/IPv6 coexistence is now expected to last for 5 years. In this article, Mel Beckman explains how this is all leading to a black market in traditional IPv4 addresses that will catch many people off-guard, and boost Internet access prices sky-high."

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  1. Stop trying to play expert gmhowell, you poseur by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do you have a degree in computer science or computer information systems? No, of course not: You're yet another dime-a-dozen slashdot wannabe computer expert (not, not minus those degrees slacker. You're no expert by any means, and you're a lot of talk).