| IPv4 Historical Imbalances and the Threat to IPv6 | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Sunday, November 06, 2011 - 11:50 PM | |||
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It is an open secret that the current state of IPv4 allocation contains many accidental historical imbalances and in particular developing countries who wish to use IPv4 are disadvantaged by the lack of addresses available through ordinary allocation and are forced into purchasing addresses on the open market. As most of the addresses for sale are held by organisations based in the developed world, this amounts to a transfer of wealth from the developing world to the developed world, on terms set by the developed world. | ||
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