[ale] Verizon Wireless IP

[Terry Bailey]

Hi,

Just for the heck of it, I asked Verizon if it would be possible to 
obtain a static IP address for a netbook.  They said "yes" and that 
it would cost $500.  I suspect they got their IPs for free and it 
seems that they have a least one class A domain. In addition, I 
suspect that they may have multiple class As. To me, this seems to be 
border line immoral.  Is there a rational for this other than 
greed?  I know that version 4 IPs are becoming less available, but 
version 6 is just around the corner.

I keep remembering that much of The Internet was made more useful by 
lowly graduate students making pittance.

Terry Bailey