[141047] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cablevision's company line on IPv6 to the home
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Ihnen)
Mon May 30 22:34:25 2011
From: Greg Ihnen <os10rules@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinfBzys-myuuKZFNGv4GEqL7Fw5DQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 22:03:53 -0430
To: Bob Snyder <rsnyder@toontown.erial.nj.us>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On May 30, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Bob Snyder wrote:
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Greg Ihnen <os10rules@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>> I just got off the phone with a level 1 tech support guy about an =
issue with my parents Cablevision/Optimum Online service and decided to =
ask the fellow if there's any official company news about IPv6 being in =
the works. His comments were that there is a test coming up (he was =
referring to World IPv6 Day), though he admitted that Cablevision is =
choosing not to participate in the "test" because they want to wait to =
see that IPv6 actually works without problems before they turn it on. He =
said it with a tone that seemed to express that the World IPv6 Day =
"test" is an irresponsible diversion. I politely and without any =
noticeable condescension (I believe) told him "that's what I expected" =
and bid him adieu.
>>=20
>> It's neat how they're going to skip that irresponsible testing phase =
and just turn it on one day and it's going to work perfectly.
>=20
> Because when I want to know details of future major architectural
> changes to a network, I usually ask a level 1 tech support guy since
> he's the one most likely to know, right?
Should I answer that? No, that was sarcasm. Nice touch.
See my post where I address the fact that I wanted to know what the =
company's official public position is, as you said, the "script". In =
that post I mention I qualified the fact that the fellow was level 1 for =
obvious reasons. I wasn't trying to say he had technical insight. The =
official script does possibly say something about the company's =
desire/willingness/urgency/felt need to deploy IPv6. Does hearing that =
there's fast and furious work going on in the NOC to bring IPv6 =
capability mean it will be rolled out to the customer in short order? =
I'd say the answer to that is "who knows".
It's not an apples to apples comparison with Cablevision's territory but =
down in my neck of the woods where I live the guys who work the telco's =
switch in town have been telling me for years that the "banda ancha" =
(broadband) gear is all installed as is the fiber back to the capitol =
and they're just waiting for the bureaucratic "OK" to turn it on. =
They've cut grooves in the town's "perimetral" (perimeter) road and ran =
fiber in the road ringing the town. That was almost two years ago. Sure =
seems like broadband could be just around the corner right? And the =
years drag on, no broadband. Sometimes the company's official public =
stance (from like... um... the level 1 guys) is highly indicative of =
what's coming.
I'm surprised that all ISPs aren't trying to glom onto IPv6 the way so =
many companies now feel the need to claim to be "green" just because you =
don't want to be the last one in your market place not claiming to be =
"green".
Then again, maybe you're just trolling. For trolling I like a Rapala =
lure (negative buoyancy) or live bait with a weight.
Here in the jungle they take an empty jug, tie a line on it and put a =
big hook on the end with some kind of meat or fish and throw them out in =
the river and them float down river with the current, mostly for the big =
catfish. It's the lazy man's trolling.
Greg
> He'll know it's being rolled out when they create a script for him to
> follow. One that'll likely say something like "For IPv6 problems,
> immediately escalate to someone we've actually training in IPv6."
>=20
> Bob
>=20
