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Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...


From: Jens Link <lists () quux de>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:44:28 +0100

Scott Helms <khelms () ispalliance net> writes:

IPv6 for some ISPs will be extraordinarily painful because of legacy
layer 2 gear 

I don't feel sorry for them. We know that IPv6 is coming for how long?
15years? 10year? 5years? Well if you only read the mainstream media you
should have read something about this new Internet thing about two years
ago. And still many people fear IPv6 or think the can still wait for
another couple of years.  

For ISPs in this circumstance the choice will be CGNAT rather than IPv6
for a number of years because the cost is much lower and according to
the vendors selling CGNAT solutions the impact to end users is (almost)
unnoticeable.

Cost's might be lower but service will be worse. NAT breaks a lot of
applications file sharing will not work properly and running your own
web server at home will not work properly. Well you always get what you
pay for and people will buy any crap if it is cheap enough. 

Jens
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