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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I see today Microsoft is announcing an acquisition
of Skype.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have read recently that Skype will be adversely
affected by the advent of Carrier Grade NAT, and will require their own servers
when CGN is deployed.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://blog.caida.org/best_available_data/2011/05/03/exhausted-ipv4-address-architectures/">http://blog.caida.org/best_available_data/2011/05/03/exhausted-ipv4-address-architectures/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Possibly Microsoft acquired the Nortel addresses
because they see a CGN future that will not be disastrous for Skype, as long as
IPv4 addresses were available for Skype supernodes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Food for thought when we consider the impact and
duration of the IPv4 transfer market.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-Mike</FONT></DIV>
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