The managers of the RIRs themselves are more pessimistic, and I'd expect them to have run a bit more analysis on this than the writers of this article. For exam

The managers of the RIRs themselves are more pessimistic, and I'd expect them to have run a bit more analysis on this than the writers of this article. For example, RIPE predicts they'll exhaust in September [1], and ARIN is also expected to exhaust within a year [2]. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12306573 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12306573 [2] http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/news/article.php/3923031/Last-of-the-IPv4-Addresses-Allocated.htm http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/news/article.php/3...