Another ipv6 related article about the US government paying more attention.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/us-government-getting-more-interested-in-ipv6.ars - Martin - On 2011-01-04, at 8:47 AM, Rocco Radisch IT-Doc24 Ltd wrote: > Some more background information in which country the v4 addresses will be > exhausted first. Which industry will be impacted first and .... > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/2010-in-ip-addresses-225-million-down-496-million-to-go.ars > > Rocco > > On 04/01/2011 5:07 AM, Daniel Bwente wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:50 AM, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: >> Daniel, >> >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi Guys >> > >> > Forgive the cross posting. does anyone have any information regarding >> > Uganda's current status >> >> <rant> >> >> Sorry to be a bit shirty, but I really object to the notion of talking >> in terms of nation states adopting v6 (except in terms of gov't >> networks of course, and policy incentives, etc). Network operators >> decide when and how to deploy, they just happen to operate in nation >> states. >> >> </rant> >> Agree, but in countries where the state has taken the initiative to be an >> enabler and not enforcer IPv6 adoption has progressed much faster than in >> those that have waited for the Network operators, China for instance. >> >> pertaining to IPv6 under the following >> > sub-categories? >> > >> > a) Government initiatives (Policy papers, Law, Bill) >> >> I don't know, Badru was trying to get them to get a v6 alloc for the >> gov't fiber, haven't heard if this happened. AFAIK, BoU is the only >> gov entity that has any v4 space! >> >> $whois -h whois.afrinic.net is your friend. >> >> >> >> > b) Commercial undertakings (ISPs, Telecos, SMEs') >> >> 4 have v6, zero in use (announced to world): >> >> https://www.sixxs.net/tools/grh/dfp/all/?country=ug >> >> >> > c) Advocacy / Promotion and sensitization ventures >> >> UG/EAIGF? i-network has has some discussions around it, and AfriNIC >> has conducted some trainings in UG over the last 5 years. >> >> It could be good if LUG/UIXP did a workshop for folks who want an >> introduction. >> >> People like Tinka, Ernest, Hari, Noah are all pretty conversant with >> it....one of them should be in town eventually, if not now! >> >> Agree as well, actually Mark, Noah, Badru and a couple of others I have >> previously engaged off list have been very helpful thus far :) >> >> > d) Research and Technical activities >> >> Talk to the REN >> >> organisation: ORG-RANO1-AFRINIC >> org-name: RESEARCH ANDEDUCATION NETWORK OF UGANDA >> org-type: EU-PI >> country: UG >> address: Makerere University >> address: Lincoln Flat A2 >> address: P O Box 7062 >> address: Kampala >> e-mail: [email protected] >> e-mail: [email protected] >> phone: +256 414 554 804 >> admin-c: PM5-AFRINIC >> tech-c: AN7-AFRINIC >> mnt-ref: AFRINIC-HM-MNT >> mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT >> notify: [email protected] >> changed: [email protected] 20090211 >> source: AFRINIC >> >> >> > e) Lessons learned so far >> >> It's not rocket science. Tinka did a great prezo on his lessons >> learned at last AfNOG, Google should know where it is. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> McTim >> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A >> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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