[158194] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big day for IPv6 - 1% native penetration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Mon Nov 26 08:53:33 2012
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:53:10 +0000
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On Nov 26, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> Why is that a significant question?
It is significant because it provides some rough measure of the relative *i=
mportance* of IPv6 connectivity to the users and to the content/app/service=
s networks.
We are not yet at the point where ordinary people need end-to-end IPv6 conn=
ectivity across the public Internet in order to do their jobs.
We are not even at the point where ordinary people need end-to-end IPv6 con=
nectivity across the public Internet for recreational purposes.
Providing IPv6 capabilities for popular content/apps/services like Google, =
Netflix, and Facebook is one thing. Creating compelling content/apps/servi=
ces which are *only* accessible via IPv6 is another.
I believe gaming developers are probably in the best position to provide su=
ch a stimulus, should they determine that it makes economic sense for them =
to do so.
> If they have IPv6, they will access a significant amount of content via I=
Pv6.=20
The definition of 'have IPv6' is somewhat nebulous, at present - that's par=
t of the problem.
> I don't get why people are arguing that we shouldn't do IPv6 because IPv6=
is so little of total traffic.
I'm not making that argument.
> There is so little traffic because ISPs do not turn on IPv6. The content =
is there now.
As Randy noted, some big destination networks have in fact enabled IPv6 con=
nectivity to their properties. A lot haven't, however, and user applicatio=
n capabilities/behaviors also come into play.
Again, where're the compelling IPv6-only content/apps/services?
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