Re: Sad IPv4 story?

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 03:15:01AM -0500, Keegan Holley wrote:
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 10, 2011, at 2:58 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
>
> > > I just had a personal email from a brand new ISP in the Asia-Pacific
> > > area desperately looking for enough IPv4 to be able to run their
> > > business the way they would likeb&
> >
> > and we are supposed to be surprised or feel sorry?  you're kidding,
> > right?  they're lucky to be in a/p.  at least they can get a /22.
> >
> > i especially like the "the way they would like" part.  the way i would
> > like to run my business is to go into the office every friday and scoop
> > up the cash that fell from the sky all week.
> >
> > reality is such a pain in the ass.
> >
> > randy
> +1 aren't we way past all of the predicted exhaustion dates.  There are slot of as's that have ignored this.
> >

        predictions are ... predictions!  guesses.  swag.   nothing more/less.
        
        i will say this however.  after fifteen years, I am exhausted listening to
        
        ipv6 v. ipv4  bickering.   (and after five years of running native ipv6-only

        networks - i've re-introduced ipv4 to the mix... go figure)

/bill