Re: The Reg does 240/4

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

$/IPv4 address peaked in 2021, and has been declining since.

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 16:05 Brian Knight via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
wrote:

> On 2024-02-15 13:10, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote:
> > I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
> >
> >   The only thing stopping global IPv6 deployment is
> >   Netflix continuing to offer services over IPv4.
> >
> > If Netflix dropped IPv4, you would see IPv6 available *everywhere*
> > within a month.
>
> As others have noted, and to paraphrase a long-ago quote from this
> mailing list, I'm sure all of Netflix's competitors hope Netflix does
> that.
>
> I remain hopeful that the climbing price of unique, available IPv4
> addresses eventually forces migration to v6. From my armchair, only
> through economics will this situation will be resolved.
>
> > --lyndon
>
> -Brian