On Mar 31, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote: > Dan White wrote: > >>>> Are you willing to gamble your business on your expectations? Business >>>> models will develop that will take advantage of global addressing to end >>>> devices. The Next Big (Nth) Thing will. Do you feel that you have a >>>> perfect >>>> Crystal Ball, or do you want to start hedging your bets now? >>> >>> ^^ Doubt. >> >> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ >> > > > We have just (anecdotally, empirically) established earlier in this > thread, that anything smaller than a mid-sized business, can't even > *GET* IPv6 easily (at least in the USA); much less care about it. > Huh??? I missed that somewhere. The previous paragraph is:
Falsehood Uncertainty Doubt Contrary evidence: whois -h whois.arin.net 2620:0:930::/48 -- ARIN Direct Assignment Multihomed Household Qualified under stricter policy than is now in effect. http://www.tunnelbroker.net (yes, I work there, but, you don't have to work there to get a /48 for free). > Talking about a "crystal ball", in my view, is just a lot of hand-waving > that means "I don't have a real-world example to point to". > http://www.delong.com Real world web site multi-homed, dual-stacked, and running just fine. > Talking about "the Next Big Thing" means that somehow, the NBT will be > present without any residential or small business broadband users > partaking in it. Sounds like a pretty small piece of the pie for the NBT... > Again, conclusions not in evidence. It's easy for anyone who wants it to get IPv6 and IPv6 connectivity. Sure, native IPv6 is a little harder to get, but, overall, I'm doing OK with tunnels of various forms and native will be coming along shortly in many many more places. Owen