Is this the new Y2K scam?

[Keith Mastin]

>   1) Why do *DESKTOP USERS* need fixed IP addresses *AT THEIR PLACE
> OF EMPLOYMENT* ???  What servers/peers do their job descriptions call
> for them to run ???

If this was implemented in the days before NAT I could see it.

>   2) If corporations didn't grab static public IP addresses for their
> desktops (and then firewall the daylights out of the gateway) there
> might actually be some static IP address left over for ISPs to hand out
> to *RESIDENTIAL* users.

ipv6 is the pathway to the future, where every vehicle, telephone or even
person has a private routable ip address. The few million Ip's you're
trying to recover are meaningless.



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