On 12.02.15, 09.16, "Mikael Abrahamsson" <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Anfinsen, Ragnar wrote: > >> So, any thoughts on this topic, and any qualified guesses on when we no >> longer need to do IPv4 and still be able to call our internet product >> premium? > >Depends. Are you selling Internet access for data center hosting, for >business or for residential or for some other customer base? Mostly residential and some business. >If you want to support "power users" with your "premium product", then >I'd >imagine you need IPv4 address on your services for at least 5 more years. >There are use cases where power residential/business users can't get >their >applications running with port forwarding etc with CGN where multiple >customers share a single IPv4 address. > >If you want to support 90% of the residential customer base, and perhaps >50-80% of the corporate one, then I'd say you could stick them behind CGN >of some kind right now. You decide if that would be "Premium" or not. > >For data center, just charge extra for the IPv4 address and it'll sort >out >itself. Generally I would do the same across the entire customer base, >start charging extra for GUA IPv4 address and then you'll see what >customers care and who do not. Even it you charge a few EUR per month, >the >people who do not care will not opt for this, and you can stick them >behind CGN. The ones who do pay will pay enough so you can rent or buy >IPv4 addresses if you don't free up enough of them with your existing >customers being moved behind CGN. > >When you roll new customers to behind a CGN I would highly recommend to >provide IPv4 connectivity by means of tunneling it over IPv6, such as >lw4o6, MAP-E or alike. > >-- >Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se Thank you, Mikael. Appreciate the feedback. /Ragnar