It is both a nightmare and a dream come true, but we're entering an I.P.-address shortage. According to CNN, "[w]ithin 18 months it is estimated that the number of new devices able to connect to the world wide web will plummet as we run out of 'IP addresses'—the unique codes that provide access to the internet for everything from PCs to smart phones." It's like Y2K, but 2,000 percent worse, because it's zero.
Anyway, people who are invested in the Web's continued existence (everyone) have already arrived at a solution: invent a new kind of I.P.-addressing system, IPv6, "which has trillions more addresses available and ready to go," warns/celebrates CNN. Google and YouTube are already IPv6-friendly, and most everyone else is also interested in catering to the Internet's demands.
Except the problem is that instead of dropping everything and switching to IPv6, many businesses are waiting around to see what everyone else will do. This approach has already served us so well in tackling such issues as climate change and our reliance on foreign oil, so we're sure everything will work out just fine.
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