18 Dec
2017
18 Dec
'17
2:34 p.m.
On 17 December 2017 at 17:48, Tom Carter <m1enrage@gmail.com> wrote:
RFC1918 isn't big enough to cover all use cases. Think about a large internet service providers. If you have ten million customers, 10.0.0.0/8 would be enough to number modems, but what happens when you need to number video set top boxes and voice end points? I don't think anyone goes out and says "Lets go use someone else's space, because I don't want to use this perfectly good private space".
:cough: They could use IPv6. I mean, if the mobile phone companies can figure it out, surely an ISP can... -- Harald