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Craig Hale

AWS could quietly become an internet domain kingmaker as it starts charging for IPv4 addresses

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to generate millions in revenue by charging customers for public IPv4 addresses, according to internet infrastructure technologist Andree Toonk.

The decision, effective February 1, was first announced last year, when AWS said that the increasing scarcity of IPv4 addresses meant that a transition to IPv6 would be necessary, citing a 300% increase in acquisition costs over the past five years.

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