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[mfcorey1]

(CNN) -- The internet as we know it is reaching its limits.

Within 18 months it is estimated that the number of new devices able to connect to the world wide web will plummet as we run out of "IP addresses" -- the unique codes that provide access to the internet for everything from PCs to smart phones.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/27/internet.crunch.2012/index.html?hpt=T2

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Really a question of IPv4 vs IPv6 ... BBC article cited here ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8317812&mesg_id=8317812

[arcane1]

2. I'm somewhat surprised this hasn't already happened

same with phone numbers

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Cellphones should not be given public IP addresses. NAT is quite adequate for them.

NAT = a kind of virtual IP address that doesn't take from the global supply of numbers. Nearly all businesses use that.