high speed DSL connectivity

[James Knott]

Chris MacDonald wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 07:46:45PM -0400, waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org wrote:
> 
>>  Try getting *ANY* 1.5 megabit service for $33.95/month.  That is a
>>very small set.  Now throw in static IP.  If you can find a better
>>deal... etc.  Part of the problem is that there is a highly artificial
>>shortage of IPV4 addresses, aided and abbetted by companies with a
>>financial interest in the implementation of IPV6.  Thus static IP
>>addresses cost money to obtain.
> 
> 
> Who exactly has a financial interest in ipv6? It's the other way in fact,
> implementing ipv6 would be quite expensive. That's why we don't have ipv6
> here. Maybe in North America we don't have a shortage of addresses at the
> moment, but the big problem is in Europe and Asia. Especially in Asia,
> where the number of people wanting internet access is growing very
> quickly.
> 
> In fact, companies have a financial interest to stay with ipv4. They can
> charge you 5bux for an ip address and justify it.

Part of the problem is with the way the addresses were distributed. 
Many companies grabbed large blocks early on.  For example, IBM has the 
entire 9.x.x.x range.  I don't think even IBM has 16M hosts on line.



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