[112099] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IPv6 Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Bulk)
Thu Feb 19 06:23:19 2009
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com>
To: "'Brandon Galbraith'" <brandon.galbraith@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <366100670902171827o37ba393btffda3cdd3cc0d7e5@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:23:05 -0600
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Most service providers aren't in the business of maintaining their =
customer's home network, and if you have to place an ONT/DSL modem/cable =
modem at the customer premise, most of that gear operates at L2 with =
little L3 in the way (except perhaps if you place the PPPoA/E =
functionality on the DSL modem or service-provided broadband router). =20
Considering that the only real IPv6-ready CPE at your favorite N.A. =
electronics store is Apple's AirPort, it seems to me that it will be =
several years before the majority (50% plus 1) of our respective =
customer bases has IPv6-ready or dual-stack equipment. =20
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon Galbraith [mailto:brandon.galbraith@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:28 PM
To: Randy Bush
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: IPv6 Confusion
<snip>
Sounds like those consumer ISPs better get started on rolling out dual
stacks to the CPE.
-brandon
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Brandon Galbraith
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Email: brandon.galbraith@gmail.com
