Re: Is there *currently* a shortage of IPv4 addresses?

[David Hubbard <dhubbard () dino hostasaurus com>]

Agreeing with the other replies about scarcity.  Also wanted to comment that address exhaustion affects web hosts 
particularly hard because "SEO experts" continue to believe that if a site they work on does not have an exclusive IP, 
they're being  penalized by Google.  They'll convince clients to migrate around hosts until they find one that will 
allocate an address, so the choice is buy address space or suffer if your platform is not otherwise unique.



On 8/4/20, 3:36 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <nanog-bounces+dhubbard=dino.hostasaurus.com () nanog 
org on behalf of amitchell () isipp com> wrote:

    I know that a shortage of IPv4 addresses has been anticipated for quite some time (literally decades), however, is 
there a shortage *right now*?

    I ask, because Liquid Web is using it as an excuse to raise their prices:

    "We're contacting you today to inform you of a change to your account. As you may know, the global shortage of IPv4 
addresses (https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-run-out) continues to impact web hosting companies around 
the world. ... Effective August 31st, we will be updating our per IPv4 address price to $2.00 per IP."

    Anne

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