[135647] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Found: Who is responsible for no more IP addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kee Hinckley)
Thu Jan 27 13:47:45 2011
From: Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>
In-Reply-To: <F05D77A9631CAE4097F7B69095F1B06F02E2C2@EX02.drtel.lan>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:46:41 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 27, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Brian Johnson wrote:
> I really wish people would keep their personal/political bias outside =
the list unless it is specific and relevant. What other "main-stream" =
news organization has made any reports on this issue?
As much as I agree with the comments people have made, you're right, =
they aren't appropriate for this forum. However, it *is* possible to =
cover properly:
IP Address Shortage Has ISPs Scrambling For Space
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3D128907099
> Bear with us while we go a little deeper into the digital landscape. =
We're going to talk about IPv4 exhaustion next. Don't be scared - we'll =
break it down. Here it goes.
>=20
> Everything that can be connected directly to the Internet - computers, =
cell phones, game systems, TVs, even cars - has an Internet Protocol, or =
IP address. IP version 4, or IPv4, has just over 4 billion unique =
addresses. But with so many Internet-ready devices on the market, the =
current supply of IP addresses will run out sometime next year.
>=20
> John Curran is going to explain what that means for Internet users. =
He's the president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet =
Numbers, and he's in the studio at member station KPBS in San Diego. =
Welcome to the program.
