Sad IPv4 story?

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com
Sat Dec 10 12:22:07 UTC 2011


On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:15:01AM -0500, Keegan Holley wrote:
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 10, 2011, at 2:58 AM, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> 
> >> I just had a personal email from a brand new ISP in the Asia-Pacific
> >> area desperately looking for enough IPv4 to be able to run their
> >> business the way they would likeb &
> > 
> > and we are supposed to be surprised or feel sorry?  you're kidding,
> > right?  they're lucky to be in a/p.  at least they can get a /22.
> > 
> > i especially like the "the way they would like" part.  the way i would
> > like to run my business is to go into the office every friday and scoop
> > up the cash that fell from the sky all week.
> > 
> > reality is such a pain in the ass.
> > 
> > randy
> > 
> +1 aren't we way past all of the predicted exhaustion dates.  There are slot of as's that have ignored this.
> > 
> 

	predictions are ... predictions!  guesses.  swag.   nothing more/less.
	
	i will say this however.  after fifteen years, I am exhausted listening to
	
	ipv6 v. ipv4  bickering.   (and after five years of running native ipv6-only

	networks - i've re-introduced ipv4 to the mix... go figure)

/bill




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