Microsoft Buys 666,000 IP Addresses 264
RabidMonkey writes "Microsoft has managed to purchase 666,624 IP addresses from the bankrupt Canadian company Nortel for $7.5 million. This works out to $11.25/ip. An exact list of blocks isn't available yet. There has been a lot of discussion on NANOG about whether this allowed or not, and what the implications to the dwindling IPv4 pool may be. Is this the first of many such moves as IPv4 address space has run out? Will ARIN step in and block the sale/transfer? How long will such measures drag out the eventual necessity of IPv6?"
They are... (Score:3, Funny)
It being Microsoft... (Score:5, Funny)
... I'll bet they're all in the 169.* block.
666K addresses (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It being Microsoft... (Score:3, Funny)
Rumors are they are in 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, and 172.16.x.x blocks, and probably a few in 127.x.x.x block too.
Re:End of the world (Score:5, Funny)
You never know [xkcd.com]...
Re:666K addresses (Score:5, Funny)
The real need for the addresses (Score:5, Funny)
Re:666K addresses (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Does this mean IPv4 addresses will sell like DN (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, adoption of IPv6 is coming along VERY smoothly; large corporations are being EXTREMELY cooperative about converting to the new standard, thereby ensuring that we will NOT abruptly run out of internet addresses -- in keeping with their usual policy of extreme foresightedness.
*rolls eyes, jerk-off gesture*
Re:How horrible (Score:5, Funny)
Your sure? Absolutely sure? Moron.
I'm absolutely positively 100% certain that:
* if Nortel was allowed to auction them off they could get more then $11.25 per IP.
* "you're" is not spelled the way you spelled it.
Re:How horrible (Score:5, Funny)
* "than" is not spelled the way you spelled it.
Well, I didn't dispute the moron accusation so I'm par for the course ;-)
Re:Does this mean IPv4 addresses will sell like DN (Score:4, Funny)
i need to see proof! i'm not investing my money in a more expensive "renewable" IPv6 pipe dream!
i doubt that we're even running out of IPv4 addresses. the world doesn't work like that, and i'd be damned if i'm going to give up my net-enabled gadget way of life in the name of your flawed science!
IPv4 depletion is a MYTH perpetrated by left-wing pinkos trying to cripple the free market and personal freedoms.
Re:666K addresses (Score:5, Funny)