BBC News - 'Fresh proposals' planned over cyber-monitoring

[Roland Perry]

In article <518CB006.8000604 at iosis.co.uk>, Peter Tomlinson 
<pwt at iosis.co.uk> writes
>The internet service provider (ISP) has announced that it is currently 
>piloting technology called Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation 
>(CGNAT) that will see as many as nine different customers share the 
>same IP address.

Mobile networks use carrier-grade NAT as well, so the technique is well 
understood.

>BT said it is trialling CGNAT in a bid to make the most efficient use 
>of existing "IPv4 internet address", which are currently "running out", 
>before new "IPv6 addresses become widely adopted". Doing so will enable 
>fixed-line internet customers to stay connected, it said.

God forbid they roll out IPv6 instead :(
-- 
Roland Perry