[158238] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big day for IPv6 - 1% native penetration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Thomas)
Mon Nov 26 19:54:35 2012
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:53:55 -0800
From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <BCD34484-2727-457C-A4DB-D1BE280C00DC@arbor.net>
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On 11/26/2012 04:38 PM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
> On Nov 27, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:
>
>> Not on the server side that I can see. It's a network problem first and foremost, and starts by having the excuse that they can't get v6 upstream from their ISP's.
> It's hugely problematic to accomplish internally, never mind for external connectivity.
>
But not because servers and client devices don't support it; they do.
Bag on where the problem actually is: the death spiral of network vendors,
ISP's and IT departments not wanting to commit and blaming each other.
I primarily fault ISP's because they are, you know, the backbone. If they
don't commit, the game of chicken continues.
Mike
