On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 00:16:03 +0000 Michael Dillon <wavetossed@googlemail.com> wrote:
On 1 April 2010 00:05, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
On 01/04/2010 00:40, Michael Dillon wrote:
In fact, consumer demand for IPv6 is close to 100%.
Michael, I think you fat-fingered "0%".
Just to be clear, I'm talking about the real world here.
I did not fat finger anything. In the real world, nearly 100% of consumers demand IPv6 from their ISP.
Exactly. Running out of "Internet Phone Numbers" is an unacceptable excuse to both customers and ISP management.
But consumers are not techies so they don't talk that way with acronyms and technical gobbledygook version numbers. In plain English they tell us that they want the Internet access service to just plain work. They want it to work all the time, including tomorrow and if they move across town, or to another city, they want to order a move from the ISP, and have it done in a few days.
ISPs who don't have IPv6 will soon be unable to provide access to all Internet sites, as content providers begin to bring IPv6 sites onstream. And ISPs without IPv6 will not be able to continue growing their networks, even for something as trivial as an existing customer who moves to a different PoP.
The approaching time is going to be a crisis for the ISP industry, and the press will tar some ISPs in a very bad light if they can't smoothly introduce IPv6. There will be bargain basement sellouts and happy M&A departments at ISPs with foresight who got their IPv6 capability ready early.
It's now like the calm before the storm. We know that a battle is coming and we know roughly where and when it will be fought. Reports from the field indicate that all is quiet, but that is normal just before the battle commences. The wise general will not be put off by these reports of peace and quiet, but will prepare his forces and keep an eye on the preparations of his adversaries.
--Michael Dillon