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Wider IP address space at the beginning could have led to static IP deployment to the home, allowing for self-hosted websites and email service that would have
by selfsimilar 5y ago
Wider IP address space at the beginning could have led to static IP deployment to the home, allowing for self-hosted websites and email service that would have obviated the need for ad-supported websites and web services. We still would have had the issue of asymmetrical home connections but that’s a separate issue.
- seized 5y agoYou don't need a static IP though. You just need dynamic DNS and to use the name. And depending on the ISP you might be "static" until a long enough power outage anyway.