> On May 3, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> wrote: > > On 5/3/19 8:14 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: >> Hi, >> I am trying to make a case (to old fuddy-duddies, which is why I even >> need to actually make a case) for IPv6 for my own selfish reasons. :-) >> I wonder if anyone has any references to interesting/useful/otherwise >> resources on are only available to IPv6 users that they can forward to >> me. > > This type of marketing approach was pursued doggedly for many of the early > years of IPv6 rollout. It was as misguided then as it was ineffective. > > If you have plenty of IPv4 space, you have no case for IPv6. (And I say that > as one of the most enthusiastic proponents of it.) OTOH, if you > are/might/will be approach(ing) any kind of IPv4 capacity limitation, then > you want to start deploying IPv6 ASAP. > > The other case that makes business sense is a content provider with a lot of > traffic. You can get different, and often better, peering relationships over > IPv6; and there are a lot of eyeball networks, especially mobile providers, > who are using it natively nowadays. > > hope this helps, > > Doug
The most valuable/useful network resource available today using IPv6 is a mobile network customer. (Not necessarily IPV6 only, but IPv4 requires extra effort.) - James R. Cutler james.cut...@consultant.com GPG keys: hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net
