3 Reasons To Buy Your Own IP Address Block

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3 Reasons To Buy Your Own IP Address Block

14 March 2017
 Categories: Technology, Blog

When you get online, your computer is tied to an IP address, which is generally associated with your internet service provider. However, it is possible to buy blocks of IP addresses for your own use. Even though your average user generally does not have any reason to do this, there might be a few reasons why you would want to buy your own IP address block. These are a few of those potential reasons.

1. You're Focused on Security

Are you really concerned about security? For example, are you involved in a business that keeps a lot of private information? If so, you might be concerned that your internet service provider is not doing everything that it can to protect your IP information. By buying your own blocks of IP addresses, you will then have control of them, so you can take extra steps to increase security to help keep yourself and/or your business safe from hackers.

2. You Have a Big Network

Do you operate a huge network? For example, do you have a very large website, or do you provide website hosting space to a lot of other users through your own server? Do you operate a business with a lot of people getting online each and every day from your IP addresses? If so, you might like the idea of having your own dedicated IP addresses rather than sharing them with others who also have internet service through your internet service provider.

3. You Want to Make an Investment

Did you know that a lot of people buy and sell IP addresses? For example, if you need a block of IP addresses now but will not need them later, you can always buy them now and resell them later, possibly for profit. It can be a good way to invest in internet "property" and make a profit later, just as many people invest in domain names that they think will be popular later and then resell them later on.

As you can see, even though your average internet user might not ever think about buying an IP address block, this could be something that could be beneficial for you. If you are in any of these situations, you might want to look into buying an IP address block. Luckily, there are various options out there that will allow you to do so, whether you choose to buy IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.