Is there *currently* a shortage of IPv4 addresses?
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
amitchell at isipp.com
Tue Aug 4 19:34:15 UTC 2020
I know that a shortage of IPv4 addresses has been anticipated for quite some time (literally decades), however, is there a shortage *right now*?
I ask, because Liquid Web is using it as an excuse to raise their prices:
"We're contacting you today to inform you of a change to your account. As you may know, the global shortage of IPv4 addresses (https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-run-out) continues to impact web hosting companies around the world. ... Effective August 31st, we will be updating our per IPv4 address price to $2.00 per IP."
Anne
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Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law
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