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The rush to exhaustion
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Another /14 bites the dust
http://whois.domaintools.com/107.175.255.255
Do CC really need all these IPs? You're now way ahead of Microsoft in IP acquisition and they have Azure to feed.
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Honestly if i was in CC's shoes and could do this, i would do it too. IPs will be a very valuable asset soon. It's the best long term investment one can make today, much better than BTC or gold, since the price is guaranteed to go up and up and up in the future.
Another VPS/cloud operation subsidiary in the making
It's all about strategic investment. Global IPv6 Implementation cannot be done within 5-10 years as it would be a very large investment.
Yes ARIN just allocated us a /14 yesterday. We have been growing very rapidly the past 3 years, and 2013 has proven to be our best yet. We'll be making some announcements about that soon. Three years ago CC had roughly 25 racks in total, and now we have nearly ten times that -- growth we are very proud of.
I am also aware of the report issued by the professor at Carnegie Mellon, and while it is very flattering to be recognized for our growth amongst those other companies the data the professor used is flawed (at least in our case). His source (http://www.wleecoyote.com/blog/Recent-large-ARIN.htm) lists as having received a /15 on 10/21/2013 which is not accurate. So, as of that date, we would have barely made the top 10 list when that allocation is removed from our aggregate.
@jbiloh Congratulations for the allocated /14.
Thank you!
How are they doing this? They have that many customers?!
On another note, there's a coaxial home internet company (only coax provider, at least partly state-owned), and they give you (at your home) 128 static IPs for about 20 USD. Is that normal? Coaxial internet has little market share (I assume), and probably nobodys getting any static IPs anyway, but interesting pricing.
I don't think it shows your name on the IP though. (SWIP) Which is probably better.
Now, if it's IPv6 IPs they give you, then they're slightly shorting you (by millions of IPv6 Addresses, since they should be giving you a /64. If it's IPv4, that is not normal. Is it Cable Internet, or Coax as in 10BASE2, etc.?
It's IPv4, price per month. I don't know what 10base2 is, it's called cable internet, and it's provided by the infrastructure of the state-owned cable tv provider. I'm not sure about the technology, they haven't changed the main cables going under the streets since 1990s analogue TV cables, so it's based on that infrastructure, I'm not sure if needs any changes inside your building or your flat (as in wiring).
It has something to do with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSISas I see that word a lot in their site.
The modems that are used are like this
http://castlenet.com.tw/products/cm/spec/CBC382D1-EDM02-R1%2020120810.pdfCheck out the prices here, it's in turkish but comprehendable. 2 TL = little less than 1 USD
http://www.turksatkablo.com.tr/Statik-IP-Hizmeti-FiyatlandirmaPrice for IP addresses for domestic residential internet service in the US is MUCH higher. Like $10/month per IP. If you are getting 128 IPs for $20 per month you are getting an amazing deal.
Is it 10 mbit or something different?
EDIT: I derped. Yeah, it's not 10base2. @Magiobiwan I blame you... don't you know 10base2 and 10base5 have a range of under 100 metres?
@Rallias I just skimmed the Wikipedia article.
IPCrossing - your source for IP deals in 2015.
Sorry, ipcrossing.com is already taken.
Very sad.
.net isn't.
ipv4crossing
ipnode
Would work in a pinch. I'll think about it. Meanwhile I am going to return to my satanic rituals...
Do those satanic rituals include checking your pm's?
I hear they do a rain dance on a bi-weekly basis, asking their Gods if they should implement IPv6 or not. The Gods have yet to reply. I guess rain dances only work for rain? shrugs
Relax, ipv6 will be implemented in July - August 2014. Or at least this is my prediction.
"up to" 100mbit
Odds are we will beat that timeline.
@jbiloh my prediction was based solely on another prediction that ARIN will stop giving big ipv4 allocations around June
I see. Well ipv6 is next in the development queue internally.
I fully expect the /8 holders to give back their space at the point in time where they will maximize the publicity.
Congrats on the /14!
Good futuristic step by CC
Congrats...
Looking at your avatar I'm just guessing your not a big fan of Aldryic? ;-)
@123Systems As I might recall, you and Aldryc were friends back then at WHT, weren't you?
Not even close.