On 26/Aug/20 21:14, Brian Johnson wrote:
> I can prove, as an ISP, that I am delivering the packets. Many providers will
> have to do this until the content moves to IPv6, so what will their excuse
> be? The provider has no choice when they have more customers than IPv4
> address space. They will have to do something to provide access to the IPv4
> Internet for these customers. If the ISP created a service that wasn’t NAT444
> for gamers and charged accordingly, they would probably get drawn and
> quartered.
>
> It’s a no win situation and it really is Sony that is causing this issue. PR
> campaigns and educating customers is probably the only way they can win this
> argument, when they already have the technical battle won.
In essence, yes.
But most gaming customers don't have the time to decipher .pcap files
proving that you delivered the traffic to Sony.
And Sony are counting on this.
We'll have to be creative with how we pressure them into getting serious
about IPv6.
Mark.
