The future of the internet landscape is uncertain. As a booming and (relatively) new industry it, at times, can resemble the Wild West. From widely reported website hackings to lesser known but equally dubious IP hogging, the landscape is littered with pitfalls and potential danger. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has already announced version six of the internet protocol in order to provide a long-term solution to the issue, whereby once saturation on IPv4 is reached all new IPs that are sold will be on the new version.…
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The Bumpy Road Of The IPv4 Landscape
July 16th, 2011
Malvika Sampat
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Tags: According To Mark, Ambiguity, Bumpy Road, Department Of Defense, Future Of The Internet, Hackings, Interim Period, Internet Assigned Numbers, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Landscape, Internet Protocol, Ipv4 Addresses, Long Term Solution, Obstacle, Pitfalls, Potential Danger, Saturation, Stanford University, U S Department, Wild West
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October 15th, 2009
Malvika Sampat One research group continues to claim that the “sky is falling” on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just “go away.” Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth.

In 2007, Nemertes Research released a dire report on Internet traffic.…
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Tags: Bandwidth Crunch, Brownouts, Days In Havana, Exponential Growth, Geographies, Hyperbole, Internet Infrastructure, Internet Protocol, Internet Sky, Internet Thanks, Internet Traffic, Johna, Launch, Netflix, Network Neutrality, Networking Technology, Quality Options, Snow Days, Video Delivery, Youtube
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