[136913] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: quietly....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Feb 6 13:18:59 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <5iyXqtbo8tTNFAyd@perry.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 10:17:00 -0800
To: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <20110205131510.BE13E9B5167@drugs.dv.isc.org>, Mark Andrews =
<marka@isc.org> writes
>>> And when my vendor is Sipura, or Sony[1], how does an individual =
small
>>> enterprise attract their attention and get the features added?
>>=20
>> You return the equipment as not suitable for the advertised purpose
>> and demand your money back. Renumbering is expected to occur with
>> IPv6, part of renumbering is getting the name to address mappings
>> right. With DHCP the DHCP server normally does it. With SLAAC the
>> host has to do it as there is no other choice.
>>=20
>> Here in Australia it is Repair/Replace/Refund if the product =
purchased
>> is faulty. That applies to all products. If the milk is off when
>> we get home we go back and get it replaced and if the store is out
>> of stock we get a refund. I've returned and had replaced plenty
>> of stuff over the years.
>=20
> I think you are just confirming my view that moving from IPv4 to IPv6 =
will involve more than the ISP doing some magic that's transparent to =
the majority of users. And good luck returning a 3 year old PS/3 for a =
refund on the basis it doesn't support IPv6.
> --=20
> Roland Perry
I'm pretty sure the PS3 will get resolved through a software update.
Yes, there will be user-visible disruptions in this transition.
No, it can't be 100% magic on the part of the service provider.
It still has to happen. There is no viable alternative.
Owen
