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Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined

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[โ€“] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

For instance, this old blog post from Meta (Facebook back then) claimed IPv6 optimizations accelerated their site by 10-15%

How the hell does the addressing system improve a sites performance by 10-15%??? That's crazy!

Also - Maybe I Should read that blog post lol

[โ€“] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

IPv6 fixed quite a lot of shite from IPv4