On 9/8/21 09:30, Saku Ytti wrote:
I have no idea, I'll ask our VP if we'd entertain such a contract and
if so what type of terms.
That would be great!
Consider our side in full support, already, as I usually have positive
outcomes with my management on these sorts of things. SEACOM would be
happy to sign and promote such an accord.
I imagine some website documenting who has undersigned. I also
anticipate we'd need an escape clause, like a company could go 'our
commitment will expire if these of our competitors do not commit'.
So we'd have a list of companies customers can pressure to commit in
order to put the contracts in-force.
Yes, agreed. Makes it easier if the world knows where to go to
understand how much support the idea has, and if their provider (or
provider's provider) is part of it or not.
This may be a naive suggestion, this is not an area I have experience
in. But I'll ask nonetheless.
So both Workonline and SEACOM made a similar agreement to enable ROV and
drop Invalids on 1st April, 2019, and we made this commitment to the
public via multiple fora.
There was a 3rd major African operator that was originally part of the
accord, but they pulled out at the last minute. That did not prevent us
from going ahead.
So while not as critical as the basic IP protocol that governs our
Internet, not to mention the small sample size, myself and Ben
(Workonline) have a little experience in this area :-). And I can bet
almost all the wine in my house that Ben would support an accord to drop
egde-IPv4 by 2031.
Mark.
