The Internet is officially out of the numerical addresses that route web surfers to web sites and emails to their recipients.  The AP reports ..

The top-level authority that governs such addresses will distribute the last batches on Thursday, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal announcement wasn’t planned until Thursday.

For most Internet users this doesn’t mean much, but for businesses this could mean additional costs and fees from ISPs and online service providers to insure that the new numbering scheme (IPv6) is in place and working properly.

Ouch.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/02/01/1619498/internet-runs-out-of-phone-numbers.html#ixzz1CkYjbUxJ