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UK's 'Unallocated' IPv4 Block Actually In Use, Not For Sale

Posted by Unknown on from the we're-really-out-folks dept.

jimboh2k writes "The UK may have 16.9 million 'unused' IPv4 addresses but according to the department that owns them, they're not for sale. The Department of Work and Pensions says it would be too expensive to reallocate those addresses and, even if it did, it would not stave off IPv4 address exhaustion by much." The addresses in question are being used for a new internal government network. Of course, why that project wasn't built using IPv6...

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  1. Re:Enlighten me please by firex726 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Someones going to have to foot the bill.

    The manufacturer does not want to since the client company has already paid for the hardware ten years ago, so they'd have to pay Devs to update the firmware and not see any new sales.
    But if they wait then those companies will have to foot the bill by buying the new model they are currently advertising.

    You got companies who still use IE6 and XP, because they paid to have some proprietary app developed for that specific version, and don't want to have it redone to a modern versions.