[125869] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Re: http://tools.ietf.org/search/draft-hain-ipv6-ulac-01]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Apr 25 16:00:49 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: "sthaug@nethelp.no" <sthaug@nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: <20100425.181122.71164896.sthaug@nethelp.no>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:56:41 -0700
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Apr 25, 2010, at 9:11 AM, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
>> What ISP would put a 'lifetime' on your ipv6 prefix? That seems =
insane
>> to me... they should give you a /48 and be done with it. Even the =
free
>> tunnel brokers do that.
>>=20
>> But then I never understood dynamic ipv4 either....
>=20
> Dynamic IPv4 isn't too difficult to understand. There are two main
> arguments:
>=20
> - Dynamic addresses is a way to differentiate residential customers
> (who pay less) from business customers (who pay more).
>=20
Which is both specious and obnoxious.
Given a choice between a provider which does this and one who does not, =
I will always choose the one that does not. Unfortunately, there is no =
PON vendor in my area, so I live with com cast business (on a dynamic IP =
because I refuse to pay their absurd mark-up on IP addresses). Given a =
PON vendor in my neighborhood, I'd drop Comcast in a heartbeat.
> - Dynamic addresses makes it much easier to handle customers in =
"bulk".
> You can have *one* standardized form of DNS info (forward/reverse), no
> customer defined DNS at all. You can easily move customers to a new
> aggregation box when the current box is reaching max capacity - just
> remember to lower your DHCP lease time beforehand. You may not need to
> alert customers individually as long as work is done within your well
> defined service windows. etc etc.
>=20
This is true. However, I'd be willing to pay some amount to cover this =
difference. Interestingly, Comcast is the only provider where I've been =
unable to get a static address on a residential plan at any price. =
They're also the only provider that has tried to charge more for a =
static on business service.
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
Owen
