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Microsoft Buys 666,000 IP Addresses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the number-of-a-thousand-beasts dept.

RabidMonkey writes "Microsoft has managed to purchase 666,624 IP addresses from the bankrupt Canadian company Nortel for $7.5 million. This works out to $11.25/ip. An exact list of blocks isn't available yet. There has been a lot of discussion on NANOG about whether this allowed or not, and what the implications to the dwindling IPv4 pool may be. Is this the first of many such moves as IPv4 address space has run out? Will ARIN step in and block the sale/transfer? How long will such measures drag out the eventual necessity of IPv6?"

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  1. They are... by hotfireball · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fucking Devils...

  2. It being Microsoft... by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I'll bet they're all in the 169.* block.

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    1. Re:It being Microsoft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Rumors are they are in 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, and 172.16.x.x blocks, and probably a few in 127.x.x.x block too.

  3. 666K addresses by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always knew Microsoft was Evil. :)

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    1. Re:666K addresses by ocdscouter · · Score: 5, Funny

      And 666K should be enough for anyone!

    2. Re:666K addresses by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I disagree, 640K is apparently *not* enough anymore.

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    3. Re:666K addresses by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The title was calculated in MS Excel on an Intel Pentium.

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  4. Re:End of the world by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You never know...

  5. The real need for the addresses by KingRatMass · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only 1 address will used by MS, the other 666,623 are for Northwind Traders.

  6. Re:Does this mean IPv4 addresses will sell like DN by DriedClexler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, adoption of IPv6 is coming along VERY smoothly; large corporations are being EXTREMELY cooperative about converting to the new standard, thereby ensuring that we will NOT abruptly run out of internet addresses -- in keeping with their usual policy of extreme foresightedness.

    *rolls eyes, jerk-off gesture*

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  7. Re:How horrible by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your sure? Absolutely sure? Moron.

    I'm absolutely positively 100% certain that:
    * if Nortel was allowed to auction them off they could get more then $11.25 per IP.
    * "you're" is not spelled the way you spelled it.

  8. Re:How horrible by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    * "than" is not spelled the way you spelled it.

    Well, I didn't dispute the moron accusation so I'm par for the course ;-)

  9. Re:Does this mean IPv4 addresses will sell like DN by mug+funky · · Score: 3, Funny

    i need to see proof! i'm not investing my money in a more expensive "renewable" IPv6 pipe dream!

    i doubt that we're even running out of IPv4 addresses. the world doesn't work like that, and i'd be damned if i'm going to give up my net-enabled gadget way of life in the name of your flawed science!

    IPv4 depletion is a MYTH perpetrated by left-wing pinkos trying to cripple the free market and personal freedoms.