IPv4 IP addresses have run out in North America region; So what's next?

Gwyn D’Mello

IP addresses are what devices connected to the internet use to identify and communicate with each other.

We've been expecting to run out of IPv4 for a while, which is why they developed IPv6 a while ago.
Users don't have to bother, but organisations and ISPs do have to make the switch.

•IPv4 IP addresses have run out in North America region

•IPv4 is 32-bit, giving about 4.3 billion addresses total

•Now moving to IPv6, 128-bit

•All other regions have already run out of IPv4 by now, except for Africa