The biggest mistake in the internet's design is its limit of 4.3 billion IP addresses - not enough for everyone on the planet.
As the internet exploded in the 1990s, millions of IP addresses were assigned to mostly US organisations. Everyone else had to fight over what was left.
Today, the US has 175 times more IP addresses per person than the India.
In this video, you'll discover why the internet's most precious resource was given away so wastefully, see how clever engineers extended the original internet's lifetime by decades, and learn how the new IPv6 internet offers a chance for everyone to finally have their own IP address.
0:00 The Biggest Mistake in the History of the Internet
0:48 The Great IP Address Giveaway
3:01 Stretching IP Address Allocation to Breaking Point
5:19 An IP Address for Every Grain of Sand on Earth
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