From: Jeroen Massar (jeroen_at_no.spam)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 13:52:22 PST
Paul Smith <paul-at-pscs.co.uk> wrote:
> >Meanwhile, despite heavy use of NAT, the available IPv4 address space
> >seems to be disappearing. How do you propose solving this problem?
>
> The obvious answer is to charge people for IP addresses rather than
the
> current system of giving them away for free.
No it's not..... it could be but it simply won't never happen in the
current state.
> I'm convinced that lots of companies have loads more IP addresses than
they
> really need. In the early days of the ARPANet/Internet, class A
addresses
> were given to anyone who wanted them. I'm sure all those addresses
aren't
> needed, but obviously the people who have them want to keep them since
> there's no reason for them not to,
Read: Network renumbering (if you planned your network in the 80's to be
like this you sure ain't going to renumber it... :)
Answer: IPv6, which has many nice facilities for renumbering your
network without any hassle.
> But if you start charging $10 per year per IP address, then anyone
with a
> class A address who doesn't need it will give it back sharpish! (or
even $1
> per year will still be $16M per year for a class A range..)
Which simply will be taken from money generated by their income which
will let you and me and the rest of the world cough it up...
> (Or maybe this is just me being naive...)
Jups :)
Greets,
Jeroen
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