peter,
who said all the addresses were going to be used only on earth?
-r
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Dawson, Peter D wrote:
v6 address space works out to about 1500 address
per sq mtr of the earth's surface...
NOW..how many house fit on 1 sqm ?
->-----Original Message-----
->From: Parkinson, Jonathan
[mailto:Jonathan(_dot_)Parkinson(_at_)COMPAQ(_dot_)COM]
->Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 10:23 AM
->To: 'Rakers, Jason'; 'Dennis Glatting'; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
->Subject: RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!
->
->
->Err I think that would take some thinking about ? How many
->houses are there
->in the world!
->
->-----Original Message-----
->From: Rakers, Jason [mailto:jrakers(_at_)alleghenyenergy(_dot_)com]
->Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:41 PM
->To: 'Dennis Glatting'; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
->Subject: RE: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!
->
->
->When household appliances begin becoming IP addressable, I
->think we will see
->a move towards assigning an Internet IP address per household
->(much like
->today's street address). The household will perform NAT for
->all devices
->within (one street address can house many people, not just one).
->
->