This time it's true: We're out of IPv4 addresses
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015, 4:28 PM EDT ARIN says that there are no more, zero, IPv4 Internet addresses available in North America. None. So it’s time for IPv6, people. Get used to it.North America has run out of Internet addresses, or at least IPv4 internet addresses, according to theAmerican Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the nonprofit organization that manages the distribution of Internet number resources for the region.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because the world has beenburning through these addresses for years, thanks to the proliferation of connected devices known as the Internet of Things. Billions of devices are coming online, and they each need an internet address. The 43 billion addresses available via IPv4 were simply not going to cut it. Read more >>
