Kenneth Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Interesting idea. It's my understanding that dynamic addresses are > used due to the IPv4 shortage, so if we can push for more IPv6 > deployment, we get the technical means to get rid of dynamic > addresses.
I do not think so, at least in the case of ADSL. Dynamic IP addressing is an appropriate technology for dial-up modem connections - allocate a static address to each modem port and have PPP allocate that address to whichever customer is currently connected to that modem. ADSL is both always on and a 'fixed' (ie your phone line is physically connected to a DSLAM port) so the ISPs must have sufficient IP addresses for all their ADSL customers. So it makes better sense to allocate a fixed IP address to each ADSL customer.
