On Mar 22, 2014, at 12:36 PM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Justin M. Streiner > <strei...@cluebyfour.org> wrote: >> On Sat, 22 Mar 2014, William Herrin wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Justin M. Streiner >>> <strei...@cluebyfour.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> All of these 'Hail Mary' options for 'saving' IPv4 really are pointless. >>> >>> >>> IPv4 is like the U.S. Penny. It'll be useless long before it goes >>> away. And right now it's far from useless. >> >> Interesting analogy, but it misses the larger point. The larger point is >> that the ongoing effort to squeeze more mileage out of IPv4 will soon [1] >> outweigh the mileage we (collectively) get out of it. > > Hi Justin, > > That's what I hear. Interesting thing though: it hasn't happened yet. > IANA ran out of /8's and it didn't happen. The RIRs dropped to > high-conservation mode on their final allocations and it didn't > happen. How could that be? I disagree with your assertion that it hasn’t happened. It _IS_ happening. The cost of maintaining IPv4 is already going up and the increases will continue to become more dramatic over time. Owen
