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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #105 on: February 05, 2011, 06:58:58 pm »

You guys are 1 day early, you know.
Time zones man, time zones.
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Maybe not.

You're right, I was supposed to complain on Feb. 6th. Eh, it's the Super Bowl (tm), I'd be busy then.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #106 on: February 05, 2011, 07:05:12 pm »

You guys are 1 day early, you know.

It doesn't matter, the center repository ran out on the first. That's what we were talking about.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #107 on: February 05, 2011, 07:10:41 pm »

You guys are 1 day early, you know.

It doesn't matter, the center repository ran out on the first. That's what we were talking about.
But the lights are still on, so nyah.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #108 on: February 05, 2011, 07:11:47 pm »

You guys are 1 day early, you know.

It doesn't matter, the center repository ran out on the first. That's what we were talking about.
But the lights are still on, so nyah.

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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #109 on: February 05, 2011, 10:22:26 pm »

If I am interpreting what I recall having read here properly, there are only 16 million addresses that are completely unclaimed left. Each of the 5 major regions has over 16 million of their own to distribute, and once they run out they must draw from that last global pool of 16 million(all but that last 16m were given out to the regions, not long ago).

Each region will start to run out within 2011, getting vanishingly smaller blocks of unused addresses from the global pool, eventually reaching a point where you just can't get any new addresses. Once the region runs out, companies will be unable to get any new addresses, so they must use what they already have.



(unlike some of what I type, this was NOT verified by a visit to google.com, so could be utterly wrong. Don't cite me on any of this)
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #110 on: February 06, 2011, 03:38:25 am »

The central repository is empty. The regional pools are emptying and will be empty in about eight or nine months. When these start to run out, most likely in the East Asian region first, then gradually the supply will dry up and companies will need to buy IPs from one another, increasing costs.
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« Reply #111 on: February 06, 2011, 07:04:21 am »

The central repository is empty. The regional pools are emptying and will be empty in about eight or nine months. When these start to run out, most likely in the East Asian region first, then gradually the supply will dry up and companies will need to buy IPs from one another, increasing costs.
So until IPv6 becomes the main thing, people can theoretically buy up lots of IP-addresses now and sell them later for profit?
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #112 on: February 06, 2011, 07:16:42 am »

The central repository is empty. The regional pools are emptying and will be empty in about eight or nine months. When these start to run out, most likely in the East Asian region first, then gradually the supply will dry up and companies will need to buy IPs from one another, increasing costs.
So until IPv6 becomes the main thing, people can theoretically buy up lots of IP-addresses now and sell them later for profit?

You'll probs need to buy them in bulk at high prices to start off with, so it'll be hard.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #113 on: February 06, 2011, 08:23:35 am »

Presumably, one could buy a static IP adress from their ISP under a long-term contract, ensuring that they have no issues in the upcoming months.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #114 on: April 14, 2011, 05:58:39 pm »

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the internet...

http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/

1 Day until APNIC runs out. You might want to hold onto something heavy so you aren't flung into space when the planet abruptly stops spinning.
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« Reply #115 on: April 14, 2011, 06:05:11 pm »

Estimates between 6 and 8 days today.
1 Day until APNIC runs out.
I'm no mathematician, but I think it's been a few more than 7 days between these posts.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #116 on: April 14, 2011, 06:20:04 pm »

Man we're screwed.  <Good> thing I stored up on a bomb shelter amount of manga.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #117 on: April 14, 2011, 06:24:25 pm »

BEFORE IT RUNS OUT WE SHOULD ALL ILLEGALLY PIRATE AS MUCH just kidding, don't have me for breakfast Toady!

Oh well. Looks like Asia has already run out according to a google news search, and they're experiencing some problems.
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #118 on: April 14, 2011, 06:27:18 pm »

Well crap. Which region is APNIC?
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Re: IPv4 is over, turn off the lights
« Reply #119 on: April 14, 2011, 06:33:02 pm »

Well crap. Which region is APNIC?

Asia. I had read it wrong; the USA and Europe aren't running out; that's why you don't see them on the news.

No reason to panic, anyone, sorry for supporting the sensationalism. However, if you live in Asia...
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