Internet panic?

I like to read the Streamload blog every once in a while. This is an old post but thought it worthwhile to repost here:

Internet Might be Running out of Room Soon
Pretty soon the vast expanse known as the internet will soon run out of space and IP addresses, according to an article from Forbes.com. Currently the internet has room for 4.3 billion addresses. About one-third of those are already in use, and more than another one-third are spoken for. It is theorized that by 2012, there will be 17 billion addresses. The solution for this is to update the IP addresses to make them longer and carry higher bandwidths. Maybe the lesson that people will glean from this story is to download all they can while it is still possible.

Well people. You heard the man. We only have 6 good downloading years left. Let's get cracking.

The abovementioned article is by Dan Frommer: Is the Internet out of Room?

Teehee, my job is good. I have time to read and blog interesting stuff.