> On Dec 18, 2015, at 13:35 , Lee Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 12/16/15, 7:14 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Mel Beckman" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > >> Mark, >> >> Why? Why do WE "need" to force people to bend to our will? The market >> will get us all there eventually.
Not all problems are well solved by markets, contrary to popular dogma. In this case, those with the least ability to affect the outcome overall are the ones with the greatest need for IPv6. Large incumbent organizations that have lots of IPv4 addresses already have very little tangible market incentive to move, yet until they move, it’s very difficult for smaller players to operate without IPv4 even though it’s now very hard for them to get IPv4 addresses. As such, it’s incumbent on each and every one of us to try and resolve this globally so as to reduce the lasting impacts of our dependence on IPv4 globally. Owen
