"IPv4 depletion in AFRINIC will speed up IPv6 adoption - myth or fact?" - based on the options given, I say FACT. It would of course not be automatic but it is an important first step.
Headline 1: The last v4 IP has been issued Headline 2: We need to start deploying v6 since we are almost (20+ years) running out of v4 Regards, *Kevin* *+254720789158 <%2B254720789158>* On 28 October 2016 at 15:34, Honest Ornella GANKPA <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > The study in the LACNIC presentation had 2 questions > > Where are we across the globe with IPv6 adoption? > - Is IPv6 deployed uniformly? > - Is there a rich country/poor country divide? > > What can IPv6 adoption numbers tell us about IPv6 as a replacement for > IPv4? - How to best measure IPv6 adoption? Penetration or usage? How do > they differ? > - Are we there yet? (As in, can we retire IPv4?) > > The study concludes that IPv6 is not a viable replacement for IPv4, that > there is some positive news (6 countries in the world have 20+% penetration > and bandwidth) and that IPv4 will be relevant for a very long time. > > It also correlates higher GDP with IPv6 uptake. There is no data which > shows that IPv4 depletion accelerates IPv6 deployment. In fact there is > actually evidence that the more resources (financial, human resources, > infrastructures etc..) you have, the more likely one organisation / country > has high penetration of IPv6. And even in those cases, most of these > countries with high GDP have limited IPv6 penetration. Canada for example, > a top 50 country of GDP per Capita has only 9,5% penetration (usage 5.5%) > rate however ARIN has been in softlanding since 2007. Should we conclude > that they were lazy or that depletion alone cannot be the only motivation > for IPv6 deployment? > > African ISPs have less means and resources than those in these countries. > However we do have the advantage of remaining IPv4 ressources and in my > opinion, we should use them carefully and wisely. Those resources allows us > a breating room to plan for capacity building and v6 deployment. It might > be slow but eventually we will get there. IPv4 depletion has not > accelerated IPv4 deployment in richer countries, I do not believe > accelerating depletion will accelerate it either in Africa. > > IPv6 is inevitable and I believe we all agree on that. But how our > continent and internet players go about it is also crucial and it will be > good if we find a solution that will benefit us all > > Honest Ornella GANKPA > > > > 2016-10-28 9:01 GMT+01:00 Andrew Alston <[email protected]>: > >> Ø Like others, I would like to see widespread v6 adoption but we do >> need to be careful to explain the stats we provide especially for those who >> advocate to other stakeholders. >> >> >> >> I 100% agree… and this is why I asked if it could be explained to me how >> the correlation between v4 depletion and v6 depletion was drawn from a >> presentation that refers entirely to GDP correlation on v6 deployment, >> because I honestly don’t understand that correlation. >> >> >> >> Sadly, I’ve heard deafening silence since then, and it seems that >> question is going unanswered. As someone from academia, Omo I am sure you >> agree with me that any conclusions drawn from a dataset need to be >> explained by the individual drawing the concerns in order for any weight to >> be applied to them? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Andrew >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > >
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