On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:02:35 -0700, Eric Brunner-Williams said:
higher technical and financial requirements to pick one of a universe of fewer than 50 service providers,
I'm reasonably sure that there are more than 50 service providers who are able to privide you with a connection that will do IPv6.
or that nearly all of the "developing economies" would be excluded, or self-exclude, from attempting to apply.
% dig so. any ... ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: a.nic.so. 43165 IN A 72.52.71.4 a.nic.so. 43165 IN AAAA 2001:470:1a::4 b.nic.so. 43165 IN A 38.103.2.4 c.nic.so. 43165 IN A 63.243.194.4 c.nic.so. 43165 IN AAAA 2001:5a0:10::4 d.nic.so. 43165 IN A 196.216.168.54 d.nic.so. 43165 IN AAAA 2001:43f8:120::54 If Somalia, the failed nation state and near-undisputed champion hell-hole of the world, can manage to get quad-A's for its ccTLD, the bar can't be *too* high. (Yes, i see exactly how they did it. And there's nothing prohibiting any of the applicants in "developing countries" from doing exactly the same thing)