[60079] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: North America not interested in IP V6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David G. Andersen)
Thu Jul 31 13:11:07 2003
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:10:20 -0400
From: "David G. Andersen" <dga@lcs.mit.edu>
To: Irwin Lazar <ILazar@burtongroup.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:02:14AM -0600, Irwin Lazar quacked:
> As one person noted in response to Christian's speech. If there
> is no addressing shortage, why do I have to pay $75 a month for a
> DSL connection with a static IP address when a floating IP address
> only costs me $40 per month?
I think there are two parts to the answer.
a) DHCP'ing everyone is just easier.
b) Why do you pay less for a flight with a saturday night stopover?
- Market segmentation. People with static addresses usually
want to do things like run servers, and are probably willing to
pay for the privilege.
-Dave
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