[138267] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6? Why, you are the first one to ask for it!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Wed Mar 2 00:46:23 2011
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:42:43 -0500 (EST)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0BC13E34@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 1 Mar 2011, George Bonser wrote:
> Note to providers: That might have worked a couple of years ago but
> when we hear that today, we know it is false. Please be honest in your
> responses to that question. If you aren't going to deploy it for
> another year or two, just say so. The notion that we are the very first
> ones to ever ask for it from a global provider in a major country is
> just lame.
I would also recommend that the sales organizations of those providers be
provided with some level of training and/or coordination with their SEs
and technical groups to understand what people are talking about when
someone asks about that "eye-pee-vee-six" thing. Another common
complaint has been getting different (often contradictory) responses from
different salescritters.
jms
