Re: WG Action: Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6)

[John Curran <jcurran () mail com>]

At 11:35 PM +0930 9/30/07, Mark Prior wrote:
> > Alas, this particular feature set (functional IPv6 and transition tools)
> > is not just one new protocol feature or option; it's an order of magnitude
> > more complex and will take ISP's months (or even years) to deploy.
>
> These are the same ISPs and vendors that seem to have managed to deploy
> MPLS in a more rapid fashion.

That's was very different circumstance:  "See, if we light up our nationwide
and metro wavelengths with MPLS, we can not only run the cool Internet
stuff over it, but we can move all the intermarket/interswitch voice trunks
over it, and save $$ and will make any investment back real pronto.  Yep,
I've got the numbers right here.   Great, thanks for your help with this!"

IPv6 is:  "Well, umm, there's this IP assignment team, and ah.. no, I mean
Internet Protocol, not the legal department.  Yes, those two guys, right across
from the abuse desk.  Yep, the spam guys.  Anyway, they say there's a real
issue coming up soon, but we're not really sure when, and what??  Yes, it's
likely to be past your tenure here, but still, we need to spend $$ now to be
ready for this thing, and we're not really sure what the new architecture is
yet.  Huh?  No, I don't really know what our competitors are doing, but I'm
sure that... Okay, yep, I understand.  I'll send it all in an email.  Who else
should I send it to?  Hello? Hello?  Can you hear me now?"

;-)
/John

p.s.  Apologies in advance to anyone I've worked with, IP registration folks
       in every ISP, and for anyone who's ad tag line I may have borrowed...