Re: Re: IPv6 only devices in home network
Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:35:38 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.ngtrans |
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| Organization | IBM |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
"Casati, Alessio (Alessio)" wrote: ... > *> 2. Can ISPs benefit from IPv6? It needs much money > *to upgrade the IPv4 network to IPv6 network! > * > *It costs much money to solve the problems caused by NAT. Every > *time I travel, without > *exception, I hit a connectivity problem caused by NAT. This > *costs a lot to both > *ISPs, users, and employers. Moving to IPv6 will save money. > > If this was true, we would see mass usage of V6 today, in this money crunch > environment where every penny maters. So, what holds true??? Unfortunately the people who pay the costs (the ordinary users, the operations staff, and the poor folk at help desks) aren't the ones who set strategy. I think these costs are indirect and hidden from the senior managers who need to take the IPv6 decision. We need to work on that, but it's hardly an IETF job so I will shut up here. Brian