On (2010-03-06 10:07 -0800), Cameron Byrne wrote: > Folks are risking their business and their customers if they don't > have an IPv6 plan, and when i say IPv6 plan i mean IPv6-only. This > list has already examined how polluted the remaining free IPv4 blocks > are ... and as others have pointed out, CGN will be an expensive and > poor QoE reality for those clinging to IPv4
I'm personally afraid that EU+US companies may not see the risk. Majority of people in EU+US who want broadband and have purchase power for the services, should already have connectivity, as broadband penetration is somewhat complete. Companies offering products/services may view that implementing IPv6 will not bring them new business, but implementing it carries non-zero cost. And providing access to consumers who are not potential customers increases costs without increasing revenue. The major losers in EU+US market seem to be start-ups, who can't get addresses and thus have fraction of the market size giving existing companies unfair competitive advantage, nearly impossible to overcome. I would personally hope that EU+US would mandate that residential ISP add IPv6 to their subscribers by default, without possibility to opt-out in n years time. Hopefully n would be no more than 3. APAC and Africa surely are completely different matter. -- ++ytti
