[members-discuss] Interesting IP count

Hi Lu Heng,

On 5 jun. 2012, at 01:03, Lu Heng wrote:

> Second I want to make perfect clear that I have no doubts about how
> serious IPv6 is, and how urgent we need to do it.

:-)

> But Job you are perfectly right, this topic most of us has come over
> multiple times, and I am sorry to bring this up again.

No, do not feel sorry, IP economics change over time. Especially given that 
World IPv6 Laundry day is around the corner, it's worth discussing. 

> As I have been to Asian a lot, which is the first region out of IP
> spaces, but I find out most of my Chinese colleagues have never
> worried about IP issues.
> Even China telecom are charging over 10USD/month/IP, most ISP are just
> ok with it.
> because end of the day, 10USD/month isn't a lot for enterprise customer.

You are talking about _today_ I assume. I think at some point the cost of 
maintaining IPv4 space will be higher than just deploying IPv6 on the
devices that talk to other continents. 

> NAT has limited functionality, yes, but for most cable network users,
> that functionality is enough for them.

Might be true, but I like a world where everybody can run any service
on their IP addresses without jumping through NAT hoops.

Kind regards,

Job

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