[c-nsp] OT : IPv6 - Will it hit like an "avalanch"?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:27:01AM -0400, Patrick J Greene wrote:
> I keep seeing all of these articles about IPv6 being put off until 
> the last minute and then we will all have to scramble to put it in 
> (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/033108-ntt-anerica-ipv6.html) .  

Doing that is a personal decision.  We decided to move to IPv6 years ago
- and now we're leaning back and waiting for the panic to break out in
other networks.

> What are your thoughts and plans?  

We've upgraded our network to be fully dual-stacked, and now we're 
waiting for IPv4 to run out.

> Is anybody really running out of IP space, other that ARIN?  

Everybody is.  The maths is quite easy - how many people on earth?  how
many IPv4 addresses?  Will it be enough so that everybody can use the
Internet?

> Need we need to be looking at getting IPv6 Internet connections and 
> hosting on IPv6 now?  

It would make very much sense to do so.

> What about non ISP's?  Does corporate America really need to worry?

If you want to do business with regions that have not been fortunate 
enough to grab enough IPv4 addresses when there were still plenty, like
India or China, having your web content and e-mail servers up on IPv6 
seems like a good idea.

(If you do business with the american government, ditto)

gert
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