Does the internet have a limit?

yes there is only 768 MB of internet space left...

all seriousness aside I dont get what you mean? do you mean is there a point where the "speed" of the internet will eventually get bottlenecked? or by how "big" the internet can get? the answer is that the internet can always get "faster" as long as technology continues to go forwards... which it will. and the internet can always get bigger as is all it takes is an extra server... and what with new technology constantly coming out current servers can be upgraded and made to cope with much much more bandwidth than before.

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Well, we are running out of normal IP addresses, but a new IP format that uses hexadecimal has been created. Ranger_x8b

He's right - the current system (IPv4) allows for 2^32 maximum addresses, or something like 4.2 billion. IPv6, the next standard being rolled out, allows a maximum of 2^128 addresses. This is technically still a limit, but I don't think we'll need to worry about approaching it for a while. :D

[QUOTE="Ranger_x8b"]Well, we are running out of normal IP addresses, but a new IP format that uses hexadecimal has been created. jodamn

He's right - the current system (IPv4) allows for 2^32 maximum addresses, or something like 4.2 billion. IPv6, the next standard being rolled out, allows a maximum of 2^128 addresses. This is technically still a limit, but I don't think we'll need to worry about approaching it for a while. :D

I think it does, i read something about it overloading in the next 5 years or so, was from a good source, cant rmember the in's and out's, the japanese are building a super network that will allow you to download like gigs per second or something like that, but a harddrive cant even handle a gig per second on its own so how will that work!slicknet

yeah but 1 gig a second isnt really going to be a standard interent connection now is it??? that sort of technology only really has an aplication in science... like CERN they are as we speak smashing atoms into each other and taking recordings which results in massive heaps of raw data which needs processing. because CERN does not have the power to process it all at once and it is an ever growing heap the raw data could be "out-sourced" and the processing done by other foundations.

*note that these foundations such as CERN have computers way way beyond the computer you are sat at right now and would be able to handle a flow of 1 gig a second.

whensomeone discovers mah post count the intrawebz will end :o2ndWonder

Oh dear god... I hope they never discover Jakes...

[QUOTE="Ranger_x8b"]Well, we are running out of normal IP addresses, but a new IP format that uses hexadecimal has been created. jodamn

He's right - the current system (IPv4) allows for 2^32 maximum addresses, or something like 4.2 billion. IPv6, the next standard being rolled out, allows a maximum of 2^128 addresses. This is technically still a limit, but I don't think we'll need to worry about approaching it for a while. :D

2^128 = 3.4 x 10^38

So imagine the number 34 with 37 zeros after it. That is one huge number IPv6 gives. There won't be a worry for a shortage for a long time.

No. Does anyone remember when Myspace was so popular that 4% of websites visited or something like that was Myspace. The internet is neverending and they had 4% of it. That's ridiculous.nickyb628

The internet is not neverending... It expands quickly, but that just means it ends at a bigger and bigger number.

[QUOTE="nickyb628"]No. Does anyone remember when Myspace was so popular that 4% of websites visited or something like that was Myspace. The internet is neverending and they had 4% of it. That's ridiculous.the_leet_kid

The internet is not neverending... It expands quickly, but that just means it ends at a bigger and bigger number.

so technicaly it is kinda never ending in a sense of the word?

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[QUOTE="Ranger_x8b"]Well, we are running out of normal IP addresses, but a new IP format that uses hexadecimal has been created. muppet1010

He's right - the current system (IPv4) allows for 2^32 maximum addresses, or something like 4.2 billion. IPv6, the next standard being rolled out, allows a maximum of 2^128 addresses. This is technically still a limit, but I don't think we'll need to worry about approaching it for a while. :D

I think it does, i read something about it overloading in the next 5 years or so, was from a good source, cant rmember the in's and out's, the japanese are building a super network that will allow you to download like gigs per second or something like that, but a harddrive cant even handle a gig per second on its own so how will that work!slicknet

yeah but 1 gig a second isnt really going to be a standard interent connection now is it??? that sort of technology only really has an aplication in science... like CERN they are as we speak smashing atoms into each other and taking recordings which results in massive heaps of raw data which needs processing. because CERN does not have the power to process it all at once and it is an ever growing heap the raw data could be "out-sourced" and the processing done by other foundations.

*note that these foundations such as CERN have computers way way beyond the computer you are sat at right now and would be able to handle a flow of 1 gig a second.

here's the thing on japan replacing the internet,

http://www.macuser.co.uk/macuser/news/123015/japan-building-new-internet.html

Internet overloading,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6756899.stm

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