> ...while multicast is useful, there's probably ways to implement it without sacrificing 1/16 of the entire address space. It's far too late for that now. :(

> ...while multicast is useful, there's probably ways to implement it without sacrificing 1/16 of the entire address space. It's far too late for that now. :( Perhaps if IPv4 multicast were more widely used on The Internet the large carve-out would look more sensible to you. > That range isn't general-purpose IP space. Yeah, that's a true statement. Just remember that "reserved" has a particular meaning when it comes to IP address ranges. :)