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Internet IP Addresses Drying UP
2008-08-03
Despite what was first believed, the United States is now nearing growth
capacity as the number of available Internet Protocol (IP) addresses continues
to decline.
More than 85 percent of the available IP addresses have been assigned, and the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) believes by 2011,
all addresses will be claimed.
If all available addresses are eventually allocated, Web site creation will halt
and the Internet will not be able to support new content. But there is a new
system known as IPv6 which upgrades aging IP addresses to numerical addresses
and allows for several billion additional addresses.
The United States' Internet infrastructure, which hosts the nearly 4 billion IP
addresses and IPv6 addresses for consumer and corporate use, has also become a
problem as Web sites increasingly demand more bandwidth. The infrastructure is
unable to adequately support the demand, leaving users with slower Internet
service and the likelihood of an increasing number of outages.
Without reliable infrastructure, technical and business innovation will suffer.
The existing connections will be unable to support the next YouTube or MySpace
application let alone the development of online high-definition programming.
Currently, it is possible to upgrade the aging infrastructure by switching the
existing copper wire to fiber optic connections, but the conversion carries a
price tag of nearly $55 billion. So far, legislators and telecommunication
providers are unwilling to take responsibility for the upgrade.
Consequently, some providers, such as Verizon, have taken the initiative to lay
cables in specific areas and communities.
The new fiber optic lines not only allow for higher bandwidth sites but also
increase the transfer rate of megabytes per second dramatically.
The issues confronting the Internet could have an impact on future usage and
development. Luckily, the technology does exist to remedy the problems. The
remaining issue is making a commitment to improve the Internet with the
resources we have.
Larry Fiorino, the founder and chief executive of G.1440, a Baltimore-based
e-solutions firm, writes every week for The Daily Record. He can be reached at
410-843-3800 or at his company's Web site,
www.G1440.com.
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