There are more smart phones in use in the world today the world than can be addressed by IPv4. Complaining about lack of IPv6 deployment has been legitimate for a long time. Telcos shouldn’t have to deploy NATs. Homes shouldn’t have to deploy NATs. Businesses shouldn’t have to deploy NATs.
NATs produce a second class Internet. We have had to lived with a second class Internet for so long that most don’t know what they are missing. -- Mark Andrews > On 27 Mar 2021, at 07:14, Andy Ringsmuth <a...@andyring.com> wrote: > > >> >>> On 3/26/21 12:26 PM, Mark Tinka wrote: >>> If the last decade is anything to go by, I'm keen to see what the next one >>> brings. >>> Mark. >>> >> >> >> So the obvious question is what will happen to the internet 10 years from >> now. The last 10 years were all about phones and apps, but that's pretty >> well played out by now. Gratuitously networked devices like my dishwasher >> will probably be common, but that's hardly exciting. LEO internet providers >> will be coming online which might make a difference in the corners of the >> world where it's hard to get access, but will it allow internet access to >> parachute in behind the Great Firewall? >> >> One thing that we are seeing a revolution in is with working from home. That >> has some implications for networking since symmetric bandwidth, or at least >> quite a bit more upstream would be helpful as many people found out. Is >> latency going to drive networking, given gaming? Gamers are not just zitty >> 15 year olds, they are middle aged or older nowadays. >> >> Mike > > Ten years from now? Easy. We’ll still be talking about the continued shortage > of IPv4 address space and (legitimately) complaining about why IPv6 still > isn’t the default addressing/routing methodology for the Internet worldwide. > > > -Andy
