[101518] in North American Network Operators' Group
IPv6 Reality Check [Was: Re: IPv6 connectivity mandates?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Wed Jan 9 01:28:50 2008
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 06:24:20 GMT
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: streiner@cluebyfour.org, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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- -- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:58:27 EST, "Justin M. Streiner" said:
>> Has anyone seen any indication that, given the US government's push t=
o =
>> deploy IPv6, they will start (or perhaps they've started already?)
>> writing mandates for applicant networks to have IPv6 connectivity in=
to
>> the =
>> requirements for federally funded grants?
>
>I haven't seen any. But we've been doing IPv6 for so long that it
>wouldn't =
make a notice in our network group - people would just check it off as
"BTDT",
perhaps after calling our helpdesk and asking "Do we have it" and being
told
"Yes".
>
As with most Internet-related issues, the "market" will indeed
decide.
It amazes me how many times we revisit this issue. :-)
- - ferg
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