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UK Selling Off Unused IPv4 Addresses

posted by martyb on Sunday May 24 2015, @07:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the addresses-are-where-it's-at dept.

n1 writes with news of a report from the BBC:

The UK government has started selling off internet addresses that it no longer uses.

The first group of 150,000 addresses has been snapped up by a Norwegian firm called Altibox for about £600,000.

[...]The surplus addresses are part of a much bigger block of 16 million addresses given to the Department of Work and Pensions in 1993. Earlier this year, the DWP started a project to see how many of these IP addresses could be freed.

An official report produced before the DWP began its investigation suggested that 70% of the massive block was used for the UK government's internal network, leaving about five million free for disposal.

What are the chances the government will end up leasing some back from the companies they are selling them to?

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2015, @10:16AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2015, @10:16AM (#187134)

    Did I ever in any way suggest I was superior to the common folk, or that I am not myself part of the common folk? I do not think I did. Please do not put words into my mouth. I was simply calling out a problem and lamenting the fact that nothing serious is being done to address it by those with the power to do so.

    Sure I could do my little part to improve the world and switch by myself. (I would first have to move house and find an ISP that properly supports it) But in practice you and I both know that would not solve the issue in the slightest. I won't be able to access the rest of the internet still on ipv4 and the rest of the internet will not be able to access any information that I might offer. I could be pragmatic and use a tunnel broker to access the ipv4 world, but then I'm just perpetuating the ipv4 situation in addition to making various things harder on myself.

    This problem requires a coordinated effort involving governments, businesses and individuals. Telling me to switch and go into isolation by myself shows a clear lack of understanding of the situation and on top of that an immature, childish or perhaps trollish response.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2015, @11:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2015, @11:10AM (#187141)

    Hey, need a tampon?