ARIN Region IPv4 Free Pool Reaches Zero

Fri Sep 25 12:04:43 UTC 2015

> > The question really at hand: what happens when you need to host a new=20=
> 
> > pile of servers, need/can-justify a /24, and your hosting provider=20
> > quotes you $2560/month just for the IP space (at $10/IP)?
> 
> You probably laugh and go to some other provider or BYOA from a broker.

That works until all the hosting providers are charging similar rates,
and even a decade ago I saw providers who would charge you for bringing
your own space.

> >=20
> > That'd be an incentive to look seriously at IPv6.... I *think*.
> 
> I hope so, but most likely people will continue to do the lazy thing as =
> long as they
> can get away with it.
> 
> > Switching hosting providers will probably become a popular game for=20
> > the early depletion era, as providers attempt to rob each other of
> > customers.  That's probably a losing game in the long run.
> 
> Let=E2=80=99s hope (that it=E2=80=99s a losing game).

Just because something is a losing game doesn't mean people won't play
that game.

... JG
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