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IP address shortage to limit Internet access
August 5, 2007 /
The seemingly boundless Internet is running out of a key resource: new IP addresses.
IP addresses, which are somewhat like telephone numbers, allow machines in homes and offices to locate and communicate with one another over the global network. The evaporating supply of new addresses – which some estimates say could dry up in about three years – could drive up the price of Internet access as well as disrupt the growth and performance of the network, warn some experts.
By Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-08-03-ip-shortage_N.htm
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