On 8/23/12 7:18 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Blake Hudson <bl...@ispn.net> wrote: > >> How does one suddenly justify needing 1,000,000 more IP addresses (explosive >> expected growth in the next couple months?) > > I can easily see people moving through those IPs in short order if you have a > datacenter or other deployment you are working on. I've heard stories from > some of the popular sites about how they have consumed all the 'private' > space for their internal-side servers/infrastructure so started to go after > public IPs (in addition to IPv6) to workaround the problem. > > AT&T hasn't seen the wireline subscriber growth, but I'm sure their wireless > side, datacenter, and other needs are driving growth. >
I would really hope that wireless providers are planning for IPv6 instead, although a recent thread about Sprint LTE indicates maybe this is wishful thinking. I know Verizon is but the single LTE MiFi I have doesn't do IPv6, but I've seen customers with Verizon phones coming in over IPv6. ~Seth
