Why does Qatar use a single IP address when 800,000 IP addresses are allocated to it?

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Chapters
00:00 Question
01:16 Accepted answer (Score 51)
04:05 Answer 2 (Score 56)
07:22 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1013630/...

Question links:
[82.148.97.69]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:82.14...
[it was given more than 800,000 IP addresses]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co...
[IANA]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_A...
[Skype]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype

Accepted answer links:
[plenty of ips in active use in Qatar]: https://myip.ms/browse/comp_ip/1/country...
[had a monopoly up until November of 2006]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_i...
[bbc news from 2007]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/62...
[longer article published 2011]: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ar.../
[rebranded to Ooredoo]: http://gulfnews.com/business/sectors/tec...
[some information from last month]: http://dohanews.co/ooredoo-vodafone-qata.../
[this information targeted to foreigners]: http://www.expatfocus.com/c/ai
[dohanews.co]: http://dohanews.co/minister-qatar-to-see.../

Answer 2 links:
[IPv6 allocations]: http://www.ictqatar.qa/en/news-events/ne...
[AS8781]: http://bgp.he.net/AS8781
[AS42298]: http://bgp.he.net/AS42298
[AS198499]: http://bgp.he.net/AS198499

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