[LINK] Forum on high speed bandwidth in Australia

Rick Welykochy rick at praxis.com.au
Thu May 7 15:45:57 AEST 2009


Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> A couple of storiess....that may be of relevance to the subject if not the form 
> of the forum:
[SNIP]
> <http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Communication_to_be_easy_and_faster_-nid-56273.html>
> 
>  > It is believed that the IP4 addresses will run out by April 2010, which will 
> make it necessary for users to move over to IPv6, or the next version that 
> supports a total of 16 billion IP addresses

What does that last sentence mean? Can IP4 be extended somehow to accommodate
16 billion addresses instead of the current 4 billion (approx)?

cheers
rickw



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