I'm surprised this is happening already in the US. ARIN still has address space available[1] (not much, but more than Europe and Asia) and (unlike Asia) broadb

I'm surprised this is happening already in the US. ARIN still has address space available[1] (not much, but more than Europe and Asia) and (unlike Asia) broadband growth is slowing in the US (since nearly everyone has broadband now)[2]. Does Verizon really expect to run out of IP addresses for new subscribers soon? Or do they need IP addresses for something else? I'd love to hear the thoughts of someone more knowledgeable about this. [1] https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_countdown.html https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_countdown.html [2] http://gigaom.com/2012/11/14/us-broadbands-new-reality-slowing-growth/ http://gigaom.com/2012/11/14/us-broadbands-new-reality-slowi...