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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Large ISPs doing NAT?
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:09:15PM -0700, [email protected] said: [snip] > Mobile-IP devices are all about bringing the Internet to your pocket. That > doesn't mean just the web! The web is UI optimized for a desktop machine. > Who knows what specific applications might be developed for a user > accessing the Internet from a device the size of a bar of soap? What if I > want to write CUSeeMe for mobile phones? Or a scavanger hunt game? > Something that takes advantage of the mobility rarely found by a desktop > user? > > It is these _form factor specific_ applications that will drive the sales > of devices that utilize this new network. Surfing the web is just the tip > of the iceberg that everyone already understands. If that's the only > application enabled by GPRS, then I don't forsee GPRS phones selling in > leaps and bounds. It seems like providers would be spending a whole lot of > money to upgrade their network for just one new application that only a few > customers are asking for. Good points here. I think sometimes we miss the future direction and possibilities that technology may take in our focus on making things work in the present. > The presumption of the first several responders was that it was to conserve > addresses, which they pointed out is not actually necessary. I'm hoping > that was the case, and that maybe the choice of NAT can be revisited... As I wrote to another poster, it's possible that I may have been too quick to jump on the conservation bandwagon. I was directed to http://www.caida.org/outreach/resources/learn/ipv4space/ which, although possibly dated, shows that plenty of space is available. Whether or not this is easily assigned/accessible space is something else. I think merely reclaiming some of the legacy A blocks assigned years ago that are being used sparsely, if at all, would eliminate any lingering doubts about space, at least for the time being. The chances of companies giving up their unused blocks, or trading for smaller ones, is probably pretty slim though. > -pmb -- Scott Francis [email protected] [home:] d a r k u n c l e . n e t Systems/Network Manager [email protected] [work:] t o n o s . c o m GPG public key 0xCB33CCA7 illum oportet crescere me autem minui Attachment:
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