Is there currently a shortage of IPv4 addresses?

Tue Aug 4 20:20:46 UTC 2020

Agreeing with the other replies about scarcity.  Also wanted to comment that address exhaustion affects web hosts particularly hard because "SEO experts" continue to believe that if a site they work on does not have an exclusive IP, they're being  penalized by Google.  They'll convince clients to migrate around hosts until they find one that will allocate an address, so the choice is buy address space or suffer if your platform is not otherwise unique.

On 8/4/20, 3:36 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <nanog-bounces+dhubbard=dino.hostasaurus.com at nanog.org on behalf of amitchell at isipp.com> wrote:

    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
    Dean of Cyberlaw & Cybersecurity, Lincoln Law School
    CEO, SuretyMail Email Reputation Certification
    Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal anti-spam law)
    Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange
    Chair Emeritus, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop
    Former Counsel: Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS)

Is there *currently* a shortage of IPv4 addresses?

Is there currently a shortage of IPv4 addresses?