[arin-ppml] A modest proposal for IPv6 address allocations

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 09:51:11AM +0100, michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:


	Yo Michael, when you quote somebody, please provide
	attribution.


> > It's conceivable there could be a quintillion internet hosts 
> > before 2020.
> > 
> > And with V6, many of those would consume an end site.
> 
> You seriously misunderstand how big the world is, and how IPv6
> works. Most Internet hosts will not consume and end site. On
> a planet with 5 billion people, it is unlikely that there will
> be more than 5 billion endsites.
> 
> --Michael Dillon

	why do you think that address consumption is related to
	the number of people?  as a referent, check out the 
	"Internet of Things" ((IOT)) stuff.

--bill