[158090] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big day for IPv6 - 1% native penetration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tomas Podermanski)
Tue Nov 20 14:52:11 2012
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:47:09 +0100
From: Tomas Podermanski <tpoder@cis.vutbr.cz>
To: Blair Trosper <blair.trosper@gmail.com>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAA5Ek4ctHcJS1ExBhQcgM0R2kEs-sKViG_8GQWfBkOHrs2pRtA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
On 11/20/12 7:24 PM, Blair Trosper wrote:
> I've found myself becoming a snob about IPv6. I almost look down on
> IPv4-only networks in the same way that I won't go see a film that isn't
> projected on DLP unless my arm is twisted. I'm a convert, and I'm glad to
> see the adoption rate edging up.
>
> However, I still scratch my head on why most major US ISPs *have* robust
> IPv6 peering and infrastructure and are ready to go, but they have not
> turned it on for their fiber/cable/DSL customers for reasons that are not
> clear to me.
Turning IPv6 on at the basic/core of the infrastructure is the easiest
part of the
job. However turning IPv6 for customers requires a lot of effort and
compromises. Some of the reasons are described in:
http://6lab.cz/article/deploying-ipv6-practical-problems-from-the-campus-perspective/
and related presentation:
http://6lab.cz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tnc2012_slides_TncPresentation.pdf
Tomas
