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Re: The Choice: IPv4 Exhaustion or Transition to IPv6


From: Adrian Chadd <adrian () creative net au>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:20:45 +0800


On Thu, Jun 28, 2007, chuck goolsbee wrote:

6. Economists call this a collective action problem. Traditional
solutions include legislation, market leadership, and agreements among
small actors to achieve such leadership.

You left out:  The "killer-app."

Compelling content *only* available via the alternative technology. 
The IPv-ONLY google/porn/web/tube/iphone/whatever that enough people 
want/desire/need/are-willing-to-pay-for to move the network to IPv6.

You don't believe the killer app will be "sorry, no more IP addresses?"



Adrian


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