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Just because it is expanding, doesn't mean it isn't finite.

The current bandwidth is finite. The future bandwidth is finite. Even if we use all the resources available to us, expanding at the speed of light to capture those resources, it's still finite.

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From a pure physics perspective, yes. But do take the time to familiarize yourself with the many THz of bandwidth that is available in one singlemode strand, and how many coherent modulated, 400GbE links can fit in a typical dwdm bandplan.

The internet is continually expanding at OSI layer 1. It is a construction project. The bandwidth is growing faster than our ability to fill it.

IPv6 address space is also finite. but a handful of /64s is a paltry slice of it all.

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