[182319] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Remember "Internet-In-A-Box"?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Tue Jul 14 22:38:30 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
In-Reply-To: <55A59F42.1080205@satchell.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:35:31 -0700
To: Stephen Satchell <list@satchell.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
This stuff has been consumerized. If you walk into any vzw store you can for=
$99 and $60 a month no contract walk out with a mifi with v6. You don't eve=
n have to ask, or configure anything, pretty much as it should be, the consu=
mer wants internet, Facebook email, and all the upper layer services that th=
e find valuable enough to pay a service provider and buy hardware for.
Running an ISP or IT department assumes a certain amount of familiarity wit=
h the craft, which means you should be buying the picees that meet your need=
s, rather than what other people think you need.
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> On Jul 14, 2015, at 16:46, Stephen Satchell <list@satchell.net> wrote:
>=20
> This goes back a number of years. There was a product that literally was a=
cardboard box that contained everything one needed to get started on the In=
ternet. Just add a modem and a computer, and you were on your way. No fuss=
, no "learning curve".
>=20
> I'm beginning to think that someone needs to create a similar product, but=
for IPv6 internet. The Internet service providers would provide the same s=
ort of kit to get people started. Just add a CSU/DSU (like a cable modem) a=
nd a computer, and you are on your way.
>=20
> Also, I think we need a *real* book called "IPv6 for Dummies" (maybe even p=
ublished by IDG Books) that walks through all the beginner stuff. There's b=
eginner stuff that I've seen by using a search engine; a dead-tree book, tho=
ugh, may well be better for Joe Average.
>=20
> Just my pair-o-pennies(tm)
>=20
