Re: IP network address assignments/allocations information?

[Perry E. Metzger]

Brian E Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, let's not focus on Bill's data. Frankly, I haven't seen any data
> on this topic from any source that really convinces me that it
> means much. All I know is that we have thousands of sites using
> private address space, which completely falsifies any real data and
> makes it impossible to attach any real meaning to concepts such as
> "running out of addresses". My personal opinion is that we ran out
> of addresses in practical terms around about when RFC 1597 was published.

I hate to start a flame war, but Brian is absolutely right. I have
clients spending gargantuan amounts of money dealing with layer upon
layer of NATs because of this. Some people believe that "we aren't
running out of address space" but the fact is that we've already run
out. It just isn't available for many essential purposes.

Perry