Last block of net addresses get handed over| @BBC News

According to @BBC News 2011, “The original pool of #internet addresses has officially run dry. The last five blocks of the IP Version 4 addresses have been handed over to the regional bodies that distribute them. Those five blocks, called /8s and which contain 16 million addresses each, are expected to be completely depleted by September 2011.” Read more >
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