Subj : What happens if a power supply lowers the voltage by 90%
To   : Michiel Van Der Vlist
From : Richard Menedetter
Date : Mon Jan 16 2017 21:40:12

Hi Michiel!

12 Jan 2017 22:55, from Michiel van der Vlist -> Richard Menedetter:

 RM>> I disagree with this.
 RM>> This will not happen.
 RM>> What will happen (and is already happening) is that big ISPs take
 RM>> away IPv4 addresses from "normal" users, and give them either
 RM>> DS-Lite or CGNATv4 and reuse or sell their recovered stock.
 MV> But the fact that IPv4 space can be sold and that in order to do that,
 MV> they have to retrieve address space from their "normal" customers
 MV> indicates that adresses are scarse.

Sure ... but not scarce enough.
UPC has switched to DS-Lite by default for their ISP customers.
They also started a MVNO recently, and they are handing out PUBLIC v4 (only, no V6) addresses.
Very few people need public v4 addresses on their mobiles.

 RM>> So for me the conclusio is, that people who do not care will
 RM>> loose their public v4 address. But anybody can get single v4
 RM>> addresses for relatively cheap. I predict that v4 addresses will
 RM>> stay cheap for "white male computer nerds" (as you put it)
 MV> I predict that eventually they will become worthless. When "everyone"
 MV> has IPv6, there will no longer be a substantial demand for IPv4 and so
 MV> the price will drop to zero.

I agree ... the question is when will this point in time be ...
I really do not know ...

CU, Ricsi

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