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by xhrpost 4613 days ago
I can't remember the exact article but if you look at this link, towards the end of the IANA pool, you can see they were burning through about two /8's per month: http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-addr...
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johnjac 4613 days ago
That is still allocations, not usage. If we had a public market for IPv4 addresses there would be incentive to use them like the limited resource they are.
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xhrpost 4613 days ago
I wouldn't doubt it. I suppose it comes down more to personal opinions at some point, but I'd rather see an Internet of mass availability and resources. I can start a web service from my house because I can rent a VPS (including IP) for a few $'s per month.
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