This is a good point. IPv6, like the Internet itself, benefits from the
"network effect," where it is more valuable as more people use it.
A telecom regulator can call a meeting of ISPs, mobile carriers, web
hosts, IXP, the NREN or university, and maybe a few large companies,
kick off with a presentation about why IPv6 is important, and ask
everyone what their plan is to provide IPv6 to their customers. Anyone
who does not have a current plan can say when they'll have a plan, and
the group can get together in six months to track progress.
In some countries, this kind of meeting has been called by someone other
than the telecom regulator. Probably everyone on this list can write the
guest list, and work with others to convene the meeting. I imagine
Afrinic would help, too.
If the meeting opens with, "In 6-12 months, nobody else in country will
be able to get Internet access, because we will be unable to get more
IPv4 addresses," you will have their attention. Source:
http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html
Lee
On 12/6/18 4:41 AM, Pascal ANDRIANISA wrote:
Dear All,
I think there is also another solution which is to inform the operators in each
country of the situation because if only the members who will apply IPv6 it
will not be possible to use it optimally.
I do not know if a provision to that effect has already been taken but I think
that all the members are aware of the situation.
Best regard,
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*De: *"Mukom Akong T." <[email protected]> *À: *"IPv6 in Africa"
<[email protected]> *Envoyé: *Jeudi 6 Décembre 2018 06:41:29
*Objet: *Re: [AfrIPv6-Discuss] Finding solutions to things that stop
people moving to IPv6
> > Consumers are unaware of IPv6, so it's not part of their buying
decision. If something doesn't make consumer buy boxes, vendors don't
do it. I do not think consumer education about IP is a good idea.
Neither do I. Consumers don't DIRECTLY care about IP (whether v4 or
v6). But they do care about other features that may be only possible
(or easier, or cheaper) with v6. This is one place where I see the
role of governments. In the interest of national development, just ban
importation and sale of legacy equipment. Similar to what is already
done with type approval in telecommunications today. > ISPs buying
cheap boxes and not paying anything for support, so they can't get
upgrades. > Foreign ISPs dumping volumes of used CPE, which get resold
at deep discounts. I've been screaming about this for years. Even
worse, some of it is going to be "sold" as "next generation Internet
aid or technical corporation") which further cripples IPv6 deployment.
> > Something that has worked for some companies is an "ISP Certified"
sticker. CPE vendors could apply to an ISP, and pay the costs of
testing. If the tests complied with the ISP's requirements, which
might include MAP, lw4o6, or 464xlat support, the vendor is allowed to
put a sticker on their box saying, "This device certified for use with
$ISP." There might be a business opportunity for someone who can set
up a really good CPE testing lab, so ISPs could outsource their
testing and certification. In addition, I believe that with two days
of training (regulators and customs) and the appropriate
infrastructure and a PROCESS, we can help a government implement type
approval for IPv6. Any regulator that wishes to do this should reach
out and join the waiting list by taking the Government IPv6 Readiness
Self Assessment at ENGLISH → https://vox.afrinic.net/465923?lang=en
FRENCH → https://vox.afrinic.net/465923?lang=fr > For years I have
been an IPv6 advocate – and I still am – and I’ve actively deployed
and run IPv6 in production supplying it to the end user, with multiple
percentage point changes in country IPv6 penetration statistics as a
result, but I am fast realizing that if we want IPv6 to grow and
thrive – it’s time we started being a little more open and honest
about the challenges and problems with it – instead of sprouting off
that everyone should just move to it. Let’s acknowledge that IPv6 is
critical, we have no option, but it is also deeply flawed, has major
problems, and until start dealing with those – we will see deployment
continue to stutter I agree with the above. The solution is not just
another open "discussion" where people who have not even started any
kind of deployment, or even have a fair idea of what percentage of
equipment might or might not be v6 ready go on an on about problems
they've only heard about. > > Should we have a round table discussion
at AIS? How can we identify and make progress on resolving issues with
IPv6? > Perhaps we can start with a mailing list thread of SPECIFIC
issues people have encountered while attempting a deployment on this
mailing list, then build up to a webinar or discussion at AIS. There
are probably about 400million users using IPv6 today and growing,
someone somewhere has solved those problems. > The common theme in my
answers above is that more people running IPv6 provides more weight in
solving problems. If everyone would take a couple of hours to do three
things, we'd have a very broad base of common experience to draw from:
> > 1. Write an address plan. Don't worry if it takes several
revisions, that's normal. > > 2. Apply to Afrinic for IPv6 addresses.
> > 3. Announce the IPv6 addresses and route them on your backbone.
These are things that we've helped operators implement in 1 day at our
deployathons (or 6 two hour sessions during helpdesk calls). It's
surprising how many operators need help with their address planning.
Which is why not only do we teach them how to determine how much space
they get, but also how to implement them in an IPAM. For those
interested, a video of a highly attended and rated AFRINIC webinar can
be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFIVQ_Z9je8&t=542s Step by
step walk-through of address planning best practices and
implementation in an IPAM ---- no maths! > > AFRINIC's training and
IPv6 Helpdesk are great resources. The premise behind the helpdesk is
this: We can find ONE operator a month that's committed to deploying
IPv6, we keep providing targeted training and coaching to move them
from one deployment milestone to another until we get stuck with
incompatible equipment or internal collaboration issues. All it takes
is about 4 hours investment per week. If you are interested, make a
request at bit.ly/6deployEN <http://bit.ly/6deployEN> (english)
bit.ly/6deployFR <http://bit.ly/6deployFR> (french) As we do this,
we're also building an tremendous amount of intel on what actually
HOLDS IPv6 deployment back from real operators attempting to deploy it
and so far with over 45 tickets, the evidence indicates that
incompatible equipment is not in the top 5.
We're also realising that that argument from big operators about
"customers aren't asking for it" is not true. We know of large
operators that within 2 months have received explicitly written
requests to enable IPv6 from large corporate customers. You don't want
to see their response :(
If you want to host one of our DEPLOYATHON sessions in your country
- 5% teaching, 95% DOing
- using our Prototype → Validate → Develop → Deploy framework
- enables you hit a measurable deployment milestone within 8 hours
you can apply at: https://vox.afrinic.net/189828?lang=en (or
https://vox.afrinic.net/189828?lang=fr in french)
And for those who are still wondering how ready or not their
organisations are, take our free Organisational IPv6 Readiness
Assessment at https://vox.afrinic.net/651525?lang=en (or
https://vox.afrinic.net/651525?lang=fr in French)
The results might provide pointers where to start the process.
Until next time ..... be EXCELLENT -- Mukom Akong T. LinkedIn:Mukom |
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