[141952] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question about migrating to IPv6 with multiple upstreams.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Helms)
Tue Jun 14 17:57:53 2011
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:57:01 -0400
From: Scott Helms <khelms@ispalliance.net>
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> Yes... The key word there is perception. The question is whether it makes
> more sense to put effort into correcting mis-perceptions or to put the effort
> into providing workarounds which provide a sub-par networking experience
> to the end user.
>
> IMNSHO, it is better to put effort into education. I'm surprised to find someone
> from a .EDU on the opposite side of that thought. One would normally expect
> them to favor the idea of education over hackery.
>
There are few things harder on the planet than changing perception and
one of the few is changing human behavior. NAT is normal for many/most
enterprises and the thought of trying to explain sub-par networking to
most business leaders makes my teeth hurt.
Scott Helms
Vice President of Technology
ISP Alliance, Inc. DBA ZCorum
(678) 507-5000
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