Verizon DSL is moving to Carrier Grade NAT

Re:Verizon DSL is moving to Carrier Grade NAT by agwa on Monday April 08, 2013 @01:37AM (#5510133)

I'm surprised this is happening already in the US. ARIN still has address space available[1] (not much, but more than Europe and Asia) and (unlike Asia) broadband growth is slowing in the US (since nearly everyone has broadband now)[2]. Does Verizon really expect to run out of IP addresses for new subscribers soon? Or do they need IP addresses for something else? I'd love to hear the thoughts of someone more knowledgeable about this.

[1] https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_countdown.html

[2] http://gigaom.com/2012/11/14/us-broadbands-new-reality-slowi...

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Re:Verizon DSL is moving to Carrier Grade NAT by kevin_nisbet on Monday April 08, 2013 @09:36AM (#5511549)

I can't speak for Verizon, but in Canada I know we're looking at Carrier grade NAT since Cellular is requiring additional IP space and is still a massive growth area.

We already use NAT for cellular users, but as the network grows, public IP space is still needed for network equipment, for the NAT gateways, etc.

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