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Has the Internet Run Out of IPv4 Addresses?
Posted by: Jordi on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 12:04 AM
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According to several measures by experts, the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), an ICANN-operated organization which administers the Internet's IP address infrastructure and root servers, has run out of IPv4 address blocks to assign to RIRs (Regional Internet Registries). We are close to that point, but the situation is more complicated than it may seem.
Complete info at PC Mag.