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02-03-2011, 05:21 PM, (This post was last modified: 02-03-2011, 05:21 PM by Fletcher.)

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Yup, today in my lecture my lecturer brought up something that could shake up the internet and even effect the economy.

The amount of IPv4 addresses (this morning) was around 2 million, now that I look at the twitter again, its down to 0. That means no more unique ID's for us on the internet, no more public IP's.

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What does this mean?

ISP's give out IP's to people who wish to connect to the internet, that means your router uses this IP to let you use the Internet. Without a unique IP, you cannot connect to the world, imagine it. No more new users and the possibility of IP rationing or sharing just to get online all over the world.

BT saw it coming and prepared a stopgap of allowing the BT Home Hubs Openzone, where you can allocate your bandwidth to share with the people you want I think.

All in all folks, DO NOT LET YOUR ROUTERS POWER DOWN! Just in case. While I think its a fair bit of scaremongering right now, I'm not taking chances. I'm keeping my electricity bill topped up and leaving my router powered up. At least until IPv6 is online.

I think it'll be a LONG time before IPv6 comes on, you need EVERY ISP in the world to use it, and you need compatible systems, though Windows already supports it.

Thoughts folks?

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The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Fletcher - 02-03-2011, 05:21 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Bobthemanofsteel - 02-03-2011, 05:22 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Fletcher - 02-03-2011, 05:23 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Lobster - 02-03-2011, 05:25 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Bobthemanofsteel - 02-03-2011, 05:27 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by asgaron - 02-03-2011, 05:28 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Fletcher - 02-03-2011, 05:30 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Error - 02-03-2011, 05:31 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Fletcher - 02-03-2011, 05:32 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Charo - 02-03-2011, 05:42 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Fletcher - 02-03-2011, 05:44 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by asgaron - 02-03-2011, 05:56 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Malcolm_Reynalds - 02-03-2011, 06:19 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Snoozzzer - 02-03-2011, 06:55 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Hancock - 02-03-2011, 07:09 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by MarvinCZ - 02-03-2011, 07:18 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Alex. - 02-03-2011, 07:33 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Backo - 02-03-2011, 08:10 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by MarvinCZ - 02-03-2011, 08:25 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by gafwmn - 02-03-2011, 11:11 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Switchback - 02-03-2011, 11:19 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Switchback - 02-03-2011, 11:22 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Akura - 02-03-2011, 11:22 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by arvg - 02-03-2011, 11:27 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Akura - 02-03-2011, 11:32 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Error - 02-03-2011, 11:56 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by mwerte - 02-04-2011, 12:37 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by AeternusDoleo - 02-04-2011, 12:51 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by dr lameos - 02-04-2011, 01:06 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Cris - 02-04-2011, 01:32 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by VoluptaBox - 02-04-2011, 01:35 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Hastings - 02-04-2011, 06:03 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Anomander - 02-07-2011, 03:19 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Anomander - 02-07-2011, 03:26 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by mwerte - 02-07-2011, 04:59 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Fletcher - 02-07-2011, 05:05 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Anomander - 02-07-2011, 05:48 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by mwerte - 02-07-2011, 05:55 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Anomander - 02-07-2011, 06:00 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Hastings - 02-09-2011, 10:32 AM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Daedric - 02-09-2011, 11:09 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by FGDireito - 02-09-2011, 11:22 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Error - 02-09-2011, 11:30 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Hastings - 02-09-2011, 11:31 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by mwerte - 02-09-2011, 11:42 PM

The Internet is on pause in a sense - by Hastings - 02-09-2011, 11:46 PM

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