RE: ARIN Region IPv4 Free Pool Reaches Zero

[Tony Patti <tony () swalter com>]

According to http://business.comcast.com/internet/business-internet/static-ip
Comcast charges $19.95 per month for one static IPv4 address.

Tony Patti
CIO

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Bob Evans
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 5:32 PM
To: nanog list
Subject: Re: ARIN Region IPv4 Free Pool Reaches Zero

IPv4's works better today than ever before. IP space in North America has now officially turned into a revenue source 
for networks. Most private enterprise customers understand costs and profits. Business does not understand free stuff 
in a free market. Hence, IPv4 is no longer free in a block range perspective.

To any business with rising employee medical insurance, electricity and office rent rates, an IP address cost is just 
not on the radar. Just not a large enough cost to make IPv6 look financially attractive. Only when IPv4 address costs 
begin to exceed that of the hardware and labor conversion costs, will IPv6 gain traction in North America.

So for the most part your teenage kids will grow up in an IPv4 world until they are probably 30,something. But, your 
grand kids will see IPv4 as soooo old. That's all contingent upon all the networks we work on start charging $10 or 
more per IP address per month.

Thank You
Bob Evans
CTO




> Remember, the Internet being fully migrated to IPv6 is just 5 yrs away 
> just like fusion power plants is 20 yrs away (although I think now 
> they are saying 50 yrs away which would make IPv6 12.5 yrs away).  (=
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> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
>
> > =====
> > The whole reason for the inertia
> > against going to IPv6 is "it ain't broke, so I not gonna 'fix' it."
> >
> > Now it's broke.
> > =====
> >
> > ^^^^^^^This ^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Stephen Satchell" <list () satchell net>
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:38:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: ARIN Region IPv4 Free Pool Reaches Zero
> >
> > On 09/24/2015 09:49 AM, Dovid Bender wrote:
> > > The issue now is convincing clients that they need it. The other 
> > > issue is many software vendors still don't support it.
> >
> > And this may trigger a refresh on routers, as people old or refurbed 
> > equipment find they need to change. The whole reason for the inertia 
> > against going to IPv6 is "it ain't broke, so I not gonna 'fix' it."
> >
> > Now it's broke.