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Don't get stressed about it just yet Warren.
1. these notices are just that the central registery has made its final allocation to each of the regional registeries. We come under APNIC.
2. APNIC has just been allocated 3 /8 blocks of addresses each has ~16million addresses.
3. these will of course still run out but the current estimate is later this years ~ Sept.
IPv4 will not go away, everything will just keep running. It is only people who want to put new stuff on the Internet will only be able to get IPv6 addresses. There are various ways for the 2 systems to talk to each other.
If you do want to prepare, go and find out if/when your ISP will provide IPv6 support for its customers.
Yes, we will probably all need to go and get new modems but DON'T rush out and get one now. It will be a bit like digital TV. Both will exist together for a change over period. Initially we will get ripped off with the IPv6 modems, but then competition and volumes should kick in and they should be no more expensive than a current IPv4 model. That will be the time to change unless you find a compelling reason before that.
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