[members-discuss] Interesting IP count

Lu Heng wrote ...

> So, US are using 40% of total world IP supply for it's 10% of world
> internet user base, while asian for years, is using about 10% of world
> IP address to supply 40% of internet user base.
> 
> In which, tells us that if US can free us even half of it's IP address
> space, that will supply us maybe another decades.

You make a *very* incorrect assumption:

That the main use of IP addresses is "access" to the internet - completely
ignoring all the devices/systems/networks/etc that hold those services you
are accessing - the bulk of which are in the EU and US.

IPv6 is not a new idea. Dual-Stacking is not a new idea.

IMHO if you're still deploying systems and devices that only work v4 your
business is about to die - attaching a bit of NAT based life-support isn't
going to save it.

Rob