I think that without ip addresses we would not have internet access. I feel that the ip addresses help us use the internet without many problems. Also with the ip addresses it helps computers from crashing , and many other problems. I feel many businesses and cooperations use ip addresses and it make there jobs a lot easier.

I never knew there was 4.3 billion IP addresses, no wonder I can visit lots of websites at one time. If they were running out of IP then I don't know how we could all run websites with out a "street address" haha. I think these IP addresses help everyone but if all are gone then we're screwed.

CJ took the words out of my mouth. It is definitely a complete waste to give EVERYONE an IP address. That would just take up more space and address from people who would actually use it in a beneficial way. For corporations and businesses should be granted IP address. There should be people who get made to go through address and check on the activity of the website, All websites that are inactive for more than a certain amount of time should be deleted and wiped away.

Sharing an IP address would seem more appropriate for a corporation, university, or small business. There is no need to waste millions of addresses but there needs to be some way of detecting who actually went on a certain website. Also if you look at a family of 5 that lives at 1234 Hollywood Lane, they all wouldn't say a different address because they share a home. Major entities need to take this approach of IP "home" addresses.

To tell the truth, i never knew that the internet could end.

I think this is a big problem. As a daily technology user I need to be able to use the internet and it becoming full is a very serious problem. I'm sure the switching f addressing systems will go fine though. I just hope they can do quickly.

This is something that i have always wondered. One day when i was on the computer one day I thought how can so many websites exist at one time, will the internet ever get full to the point where we cant use it? 4.3 billion IP's are an amazing fact to me. I Hope that the web never gets to "full."

I dont think that it is ever possible for the Internet to be completely full. Of course there are going to be bootleggers but thats with everything. When a service is available but at a price people are going to go in the back door. Im certain as much as we rely on the Internet someone is goin got come up with a solution and fast.

I think that IP addresses should be set according to certain regions therefore we won't have to run out. People are figuring out ways around paying for websites resulting in the running out of room on the internet.

ip addresses are very well known and found on jus about any computer. Without an ip address people would have no way to access the internet, so they can be very useful. To stop computers from crashing i think everyone should have their on individual ip address.

On the internet we have way to many ip address i think to solve this problem with out the internet crashing is every one in the Americas will have a certain ip address and every one else in different continents and countries should have their own ip address according to the region of the world the live in and thus that will solve all ip address problems

It makes me a tad crazy to hear you continue the false idea that the "tech guys" were behind the Y2K craziness. Anyone who had been reading the tech journals in the early 90s was well aware of the Y2K issue and the massive effort being undertaken throughout the government and industry to correct it.

The uproar and near panic was created entirely by the mass media which sensationalized the story, constantly headlining the most dire catastrophes that *could* arise, while burying the comments from experts that they most likely would not.

The "tech guys" were on the job, and did their job well, providing early detection and prevention of the problem. Yet they were vilified by an ignorant public who had believed the fear promulgated by the media, and who were evidently disappointed that nothing horrible happened.

The idea of many users sharing a single IP address likely has ramifications beyond advertising; it is likely that some applications that people use will not function properly, and tracing back network abuse to someone could be much harder. Luckily though, some ISPs are working to enable customers to have "native" IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, so they can be in the fast lane and not have to share addresses with other customers.