Re: IPv6 woes - RFC

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 9/8/21 09:30, Saku Ytti wrote:

> I have no idea, I'll ask our VP if we'd entertain such a contract and
> if so what type of terms.

That would be great!

Consider our side in full support, already, as I usually have positive 
outcomes with my management on these sorts of things. SEACOM would be 
happy to sign and promote such an accord.


> I imagine some website documenting who has undersigned. I also
> anticipate we'd need an escape clause, like a company could go 'our
> commitment will expire if these of our competitors do not commit'.
> So we'd have a list of companies customers can pressure to commit in
> order to put the contracts in-force.

Yes, agreed. Makes it easier if the world knows where to go to 
understand how much support the idea has, and if their provider (or 
provider's provider) is part of it or not.


> This may be a naive suggestion, this is not an area I have experience
> in. But I'll ask nonetheless.

So both Workonline and SEACOM made a similar agreement to enable ROV and 
drop Invalids on 1st April, 2019, and we made this commitment to the 
public via multiple fora.

There was a 3rd major African operator that was originally part of the 
accord, but they pulled out at the last minute. That did not prevent us 
from going ahead.

So while not as critical as the basic IP protocol that governs our 
Internet, not to mention the small sample size, myself and Ben 
(Workonline) have a little experience in this area :-). And I can bet 
almost all the wine in my house that Ben would support an accord to drop 
egde-IPv4 by 2031.

Mark.