Re: IPv6 Thought Experiment

[Martin Hannigan <hannigan () gmail com>]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 18:59 Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:

> > On Oct 2, 2019, at 09:33 , Antonios Chariton <daknob.mac () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > Dear list,
> > First of all, let me apologize if this post is not allowed by the list.
> To my best interpretation of the guidelines [1] it is allowed, but may be
> in a gray area due to rule #7.
> > I would like to propose the following thought experiment about IPv6, and
> I would like your opinion on what you believe would happen in such a case.
> Feel free to reply on or off list.
> > What if, globally, and starting at January 1st, 2020, someone (imagine a
> government or similar, but with global reach) imposed an IPv4 tax. For
> every IPv4 address on the Global Internet Routing Table, you had to pay a
> tax. Let’s assume that this can be imposed, must be paid, and cannot be
> avoided using some loophole. Let’s say that this tax would be $2, and it
> would double, every 3 or 6 months.
>
> You’re talking about starting at $1536 per quarter for a /24 and doubling
> that every three to 6 months?
>
> Who, exactly gets all this money in your make money fast scheme here?
>
> I’d say it would provide an impressive motivation to get rid of IPv4, but
> I also would say that nobody would ever stand for such a tax.
>
> > What do you think would happen? Would it be the only way to reach 100%
> IPv6 deployment, or even that wouldn’t be sufficient?
>
> The internet’s version of the Boston Tea Party.

I can represent that. +1

Best,

Martin
Boston, USA