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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Are We Really Running Out of IP Addresses?

May 13, 2015

I’ve been involved with technology and networking since the early 1980s. OK, now you know that I’m not a recent grad of the Millennial generation. For the last 30 years, I have heard the cry that we are running out of IP addresses and need to convert to IP V6. Sorry, but I don’t buy it. Ars technica reports that we are once again going to spin off the earth’s axis if we don’t do something about the lack of IP addresses. Apparently, ARIN is being a lot more selective in distributing out subnets than it was in the past. I’m not buying the scare tactics concerning the lack of Internet Protocol address availability that seems to consume the news these days. I’ve worked for major corporations that “squirrel” IP address space and won’t release the network space for the general public. So much for doing the right thing.

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