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[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Karl writes,

>> Yes, Geoff says "There's no IPv6 out there in production land and no
>> IPv4 addresses left." "Failure," Huston said, "is an option with IPv6."

Yes, we all agree IPv6 is a good thing, but so what, when, as Geoff says,
the IP world is voting through in-action. One must wonder if the 'Various
Registrar' IP-address-holdings have increased *substantially* lately? One
feels certain Registrars, up to now selling lots of an unlimited resource 
cheaply, surely now want to be selling limited resources more expensively.

And hence in no real hurry to open up another unlimited virtual-landscape.

It'll happen, no doubt, but not to the timetable demanded. Ok so what? It
probably needs some IPv6 magicians coming up with a home-office must-have
IPv6-killer-application the same as any popular technology. As all WinPCs
since XP-SP1 handles IPv6, make us, the public want it, and we'll get it.


> > (News report quote) he encouraged the industry to persist with IPv4 
> > with intensive use of carrier-grade NATs."
> ..
> http://cidr-report.org/presentations/2008-08-21-ipv6-failure.pdf
> Geoff Houston: "IPv6 still represents the lowest risk option of all
> the potential futures". 


And so in the apparently some-time-longer term, who wouldn't want it?

> If you hamstring "consumers" with paltry expectations, you'll be
> building on a self-fulfilling prophecy. Let's not do that. Regards, K.


I think the consumer has zero IPv6 knowledge, and therefore expectation,
until they see a new technology they want. When it's IPv6, it'll happen.


Cheers Karl
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia