Ask HN: How can individuals or small businesses acquire IP addresses?
Due to IPv4 address exhaustion and the IPv6 lack of adoption, the days of owning your own IP address range seem long gone...
It's no longer feasible for individuals or small businesses to purchase their own ranges, mainly because of the high cost, barrier to entry, responsibilities, etc.
Do any solutions exist that allow you to purchase small numbers of IP addresses for your own permanent use?
I understand that due to limitations in BGP, you can't announce a single IP address to a different location than the rest of the range. However, could there be an overlay protocol or service that allows this to happen?
Renting IPs from hosting services like Linode or AWS doesn't count, as they are locked-in to the hosting provider and you don't own them directly.
It's no longer feasible for individuals or small businesses to purchase their own ranges, mainly because of the high cost, barrier to entry, responsibilities, etc.
Do any solutions exist that allow you to purchase small numbers of IP addresses for your own permanent use?
I understand that due to limitations in BGP, you can't announce a single IP address to a different location than the rest of the range. However, could there be an overlay protocol or service that allows this to happen?
Renting IPs from hosting services like Linode or AWS doesn't count, as they are locked-in to the hosting provider and you don't own them directly.
Any suggestions?