Running out of IP addresses, 1 year to go.

These are some interesting articles about why we are running out of IP addresses. Most of the problems are because of the explosion of data that is about to happen, one of which are mobile devices. We need to implement the IPv6 Protocol that uses a 128-bit address. We are currently using the IPv4 Protocol which uses a 32-bit Address. As a Home PC user we would need a new Router that would be able to handle the IPv6 packets, which are much bigger then the IPv4 packets. Also the Internet Service Providers will also have to update their equipment, they are the companies that provide us with our IP Addresses.

This article explains what the two Protocols are and the differences on Wikipedia: IPv6

This article on ReadWriteWeb discusses why it is needed, what companies such as Facebook and Google are doing: Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of Addresses

This is a video of Vint Cerf of Google urging ISP’s to move to the IPv6 Protocol before we run out of IP Addresses: