IPv6 Reality Check [Was: Re: IPv6 connectivity mandates?]

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:58:27 EST, "Justin M. Streiner" said:
> > Has anyone seen any indication that, given the US government's push to 
> > deploy IPv6, they will start (or perhaps they've started already?)
> > writing  mandates for applicant networks to have IPv6 connectivity into
> > the 
> > requirements for federally funded grants?
>
> I haven't seen any.  But we've been doing IPv6 for so long that it
> wouldn't 
make a notice in our network group - people would just check it off as
"BTDT",
perhaps after calling our helpdesk and asking "Do we have it" and being
told
"Yes".
>

As with most Internet-related issues, the "market" will indeed
decide.

It amazes me how many times we revisit this issue. :-)

- - ferg

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