[tt] New Scientist: Internet to run out of addresses 'within 3 years'

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 03:06:48PM -0400, Premise Checker wrote:
> Internet to run out of addresses 'within 3 years'
> http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826576.700-internet-to-run-out-of-addresses-within-3-years.html
> [Some of the comments added.]

The (nasty) workaround is NAT at provider level. Real static
IPs would be only dished out to those who actually need them,
and paid premium.

If not for NAT, we'd exhaust IPv4 address space a long time ago.
 
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