[ale] [OT] AT&T/UVerse going to carrier grade NAT?

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 06/07/2012 05:42 PM, Brian Mathis wrote:
> The smallest feasible subnet you can allocate to a customer is a /29
> (255.255.255.248) which gives you 6 usable IPs, and 1 of those needs
> to be used for the gateway, leaving you with 5.  You can't hand out 1
> IP at a time.

Well, before U-verse, they did just that.

>
> ❧ Brian Mathis
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:13 PM, James Sumners<james.sumners at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I wonder why they're running out of IPs...
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Geoffrey Myers
>> <lists at serioustechnology.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I currently pay $15 for 5 statics.  I only wanted one, but that's they
>>> way the sell them.  This is uverse.
>> --
>> James Sumners
>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
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