On May 27, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
On 2010-05-28 02:44, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
I guess my point was more that this article actually quotes a *real*
expert rather than someone we've never heard of --- a more common
practice for the press. Whether or not you agree with Daniel, he does
at least have extensive experience in these matters.
The major problem with the story is that it confounds IANA runout
(objectively predicted for 2011) with when ISPs run out of IPv4 space
(which is not so easy to predict, but 2015 is a popular estimate).
Well, no. While that is a problem, I suspect the real issue is:
'Within 18 months it is estimated that the number of new devices able to
connect to the world wide web will plummet as we run out of "IP addresses"'
and this quote:
"The internet as we know it will no longer be able to grow,"
That's just factually incorrect and sensationalistic hype. Whether it is
counter-productive depends on whether people simply dismiss it out of hand as
"yeah, yeah, just like the world will end at Y2K."
IPv4 free pool runout simply means connecting to the Internet is going to get
more expensive.
Regards,
-drc
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