Friday, February 4, 2011

The Internet is full

A recent article that I read said that the last IPv4 blocks were given out to Asia, there are now no more newer IP addresses that can be created. There is as Johann said a lot of space on the internet for individuality. the problem is that most of the websites that only a few websites account for most of the internet usage n the world. I will not say that it is impossible to create something new, but it will become harder as space for new entry points is fading.

I personally think that the IPv4 addresses would last at least until 2012, it is amazing how fast technology has developed that we now have to switch to IPv6 so fast. After finishing the unit about networking I am more and more amazed about the amount of effort that is put into global communications. the challenges that are to face in the future are hard, the hardest will be incorporating old with new technology, the developments are so fast, that standards have to be made for eg. operating systems so they will still run on old computers. hardware can last an eternity, many people got a computer during the big boom in the 1990s and do not see the need for a new computer. the thing that changes is the speed, that is the reason to buy a new computer not that it breaks.


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