"Under 10% of IPv4 Space Remains" (icann)

four billion addresses may not be enough. well, maybe. it was told already 1992 and then came NAT [network address translation], the users don't care and industry fears the cost of transition. more likely there will be other solutions and more glueing done. the problem might be for those who dream: every thing its own ip address, but that's a stupid idea anyhow, imho.

the ipv4 address report

if hotel owner think they can ask for 5 - 7€ per hour for wifi or 12€ per day to be connected a little bit, it's easy to stay offline and to invest in food instead. "there is a life outside the screen" (sherman). back to the 1990s.

edit: internet use in hotels rose significantly 2009

● God, the ISO and the ITU rested
● The geeks got up early on Sunday morning
and built the Internet | Nigel Titley: In the Beginning

rob blokzijl: some internet history
and what happened before. slides at uknof and text at ripe58, amsterdam - as i assume.