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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. Re:Asleep at the Switch by gyrogeerloose · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That shit was funny for a while but now it's just annoying. Give it up, dude.

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