Re: Are we all sharing the same ip pool? Quote:
Originally Posted by LesMiles I have question that has been in my mind for a while. I use tmobile hotspot for my internet. I have been logging everything. Tonight I accidentally logged into an account without logging in the ip and sure enough the ip was one I had used before on another account. But my question is do we all share the same ip addresses with other tmobile users? Like someone else with an ebay account in my same city and using a hotspot also can be using the same ip addresses as me right? Thanks | I beleive T-Mobile USA uses the 208.54.x.x range of addresses, but I'm not 100% sure. They do have more than that, but not sure who they are.
Generally ISPs own blocks of IP addresses which are handed out on a first-come first-serve, sequential basis based on area. Street doesn't matter exactly, but generally around a 25-mile radius or telephone exchange has a shared block of IP addresses. When a user disconnects (either through power being cut to the modem or the otherwise inability to connect to it) then it's released and put back into the pool for allocation for another user to has assigned to them.
It changes from ISP to ISP and I don't know how others work, but in principle yes, each carrier/ISP has a pool for each geographical area they operate in.
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