Companies Join Forces to Fix Internet's Biggest Problem in Decades

[Archangel]

Imagine if the world ran out of phone numbers. Mobile providers could issue no more smartphones, businesses could create no new call centers, and the public would be left fighting over and recycling a diminishing amount of existing phone numbers. "That's a similar situation that we're in on the Internet," says Facebook's Donn Lee, pointing out that the Web's billions of IP addresses are about to hit its max.

Read more: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/112877/ipv6-day-internet-address-system-fastco

 

[DnEbook]

here is Aus they informed us and said no problems for the internet, strangely at my place ......problems all day, but if fixes the problem that's cool!

 

[Dave]

It is quite ironic how this has been known for years but only becomes news when the big boys come into play, something they should have done ages ago.

 

[enlytend]

It's only news because reporters needed something to write about.

Everybody HAS known about it. IPv6 has been around for over a decade - the protocol was developed because they knew IPv4 would hit its limit. This was just a big, global test.