IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time

Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by bananamogul on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:48AM (#47795085)

I've been hearing that those speculators were going to get out of control and the IPv4 price was going to skyrocket for 10+ years.

Yet I can still rent a VPS with IPv4 for $12/year from a wide variety of providers.

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Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by RiverCrochet on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:58AM (#47795315)

For now, :) Hopefully it continues.

> if IPv6 prevents IPv4 rental prices from going haywire, then it's served a useful purpose.

Competition is good.

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Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time by Dylan16807 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:16PM (#47798156)

You can, but a significant portion of that money is going toward paying off that IP.

"Skyrocket" is wrong but the market cap of IPv4 addresses is quite high.

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