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   Hello Stephen,   
      
   On Monday July 28 2025 09:52, you wrote to me:   
      
    SW> 27 Jul 25 12:00, you wrote to Nick Boel:   
      
    MV>> That will not happen tomorow. I may or may not live to see it.   
    MV>> What will happen in the foreseaable future and is already   
    MV>> happening in some parts of the Internet is that providers no   
    MV>> longer offer a globally routable IPv4 address to their customers,   
    MV>> they will have to make do with CGNAT.   
      
    SW> Most providers (well the main decent ones) here in Australia are   
    SW> putting "new" customers onto CGNAT. Some do offer the ability to get a   
    SW> public routable address.   
      
   And so some do not. More or less the same situation as with the new fibre   
   companies here in Europe. Anyway, I say it can not be denied that the IPv4   
   exhaustion will have an effect on Fidonet.   
      
    SW> It's either by a phone call or a option on the isp's portal. They all   
    SW> charge $5-10 per month for a static IPv4 address. A dynamic one is   
    SW> free.   
      
   Some providers require a business account for static address. Some offer   
   business accounts to all customers, some require proff that one actually runs   
   a business, by showing a registration with the chamber of commerce. A business   
   account ususally is more expensive.   
      
    SW> With speed changes happening here on the NBN (National Broadband   
    SW> Network) in September, 500mb is going to be the entry level speed for   
    SW> the current 100mb price. One provider has gone with a one plan, one   
    SW> price trick. I say trick as they are forcing people onto CGNAT with NO   
    SW> option to opt out, even if you're previous plan was with a public IP.   
      
   Trick or not, it makes sense to me. From the POV of the ISP. The fibre   
   companies have cheap bandwith to spare, but IPv4 addresses are scarse and   
   expensive. So they try to nudge their customers in that direction...   
      
    SW> For 98% of customers this won't be a issue, but for the remaning it   
    SW> will be.   
      
   Fidonet sysops being in the remaining group.   
      
    SW> Off all the ones that support IPv6, they are offering it for free.   
    SW> With either dynamic or a static range.   
      
   All of the fibre companies here except one now offer IPv6. For free.   
      
   Thank you for you contibution.   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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