Re: IPv6 deployment excuses

[Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net>]

Except the lady will eventually downsize. The college student will want more and lease the space. 

Also, the 49,000 Sq ft office space that has been leased for 10 years and never occupied will be taken back and 
released to someone who will actually develop it. 

> On Jul 4, 2016, at 11:58, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 4 Jul 2016, Matt Hoppes wrote:
> >
> > My point is there are more than enough IPv4 addresses. The issue is not resources. It is hoarding and inappropriate 
> > use.
>
> I tend to make the analogy of land use and/or houses/apartments. Yes, there is that old lady down the street who 
> lives in 300 square meters (~3000 sq feet for those who are !metric), and then there is the student who shares a 30sq 
> meter studio with another student.
>
> Now what? Yes, this is not fair and it's inefficient utilization of resources, but how are you going to rectify this? 
> Forcibly take away the apartment from the old lady and tell her to go live somewhere else just because it isn't fair 
> that she has 10 times the apartment size as the student?
>
> IPv6 is the answer, because it doesn't have shortcoming when it comes to available "land". Everybody can get plenty. 
> No need to try to take away resources from someone holding them (legitimately) as per the rules of yestercentury.