On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:01:47 -0000, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
.. .

Your ignorance of computing abounds. IP address are dynamic and that of
the
local ISP, not individual machines. So many people could have the same IP
address at many times. Duh!

Not actually true.

ISPs with dial up users will typically, but not necessarily have a
dynamic address pool for those users. They may also assign dynamic
addresses for the cheaper DSL packages.

I can appreciate that that is possibly what you have.

The more expensive "broadband" packages allocate the customer one
static IP address and may on request provide a larger block if needed.

No ISP allocates one IP address to one individual user, unless it is a large
user.

Nonsense. Take a look at any of the sites with lists of DSL ISPs and
you will find that virtually all of them offer a package with one or
more static IP addresses.


IP addresses are scarce, very scare.

No they are not. They are being managed and allocated by regional
and local internet registries and there is no shortage for legitimate
use.

One of the big problems of TC/IP
is that the addressing stinks, although this is being worked on.

It's a non-issue. In the short to medium term, there is plenty of
IPV4 space as a result of CIDR, address allocation by registries and
the use of private address space in organisations.
In the longer term, IPV6 deals with other issues.


..andy

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