-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Fergie (Paul Ferguson) Just in case anyone was wondering, U.S. gummint agencies will be screaming in migration agony for the next couple of years. ;-) http://www.fcw.com/article89432-06-29-05-Web

While I feel their pain and don't envy them in the least, I think there could be some good that will come out of this: the announcement may serve as enough incentive for other large organizations that have been hanging back to outline and implement a plan for their own migration. At my place of employment I've been agitating for some time to get an IP6 testbed set up (all of our server and network gear can handle it, but we don't actually enable it) so we can at least start getting some first-hand experience with the future. Unfortunately the department is helmed by followers who have pushed back on the idea because "nobody else was doing it." Having seen these people drag their feet and only implement IP inside the corporate network within the last six years, I would rather be ahead of the curve on this than behind it once again. With the government finally getting rolling and actually announcing the plan I may finally have a whip big enough to get my management to start thinking about the future (if only because we have to communicate with government institutions as part of our daily business operations). Jason "Feren" Olsen DeVry, Inc. Senior Network Engineer One Tower Lane Em: jolsen@devry.com Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-4624 Ph: 630.645.1607 Fx: 630.382.2929