Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Feb 9, 2011, at 12:00 PM, david raistrick wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Jens Link wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> And at what point during that time did they have any vendor gear they could purchase that -would- support v6?   At 
> -best- during the last 5 years, but I'd put money on that even today they can't purchase gear with adequate v6 
> support.
This is largely the result of the fact that they did not demand it from their
vendors during that time.

Owen