On Jan 15, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Brandon Ross wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Brian Keefer wrote: > >> Actually there are a couple very compelling reasons why PAT will probably be >> implemented for IPv6: > > You are neglecting the most important reason, much to my own disdain. Service > providers will continue to assign only a single IP address to residential > users unless they pay an additional fee for additional addresses. Since many > residential users won't stand for an additional fee, pressure will be placed > on CPE vendors to include v6 PAT in their devices. > > -- > Brandon Ross AIM: BrandonNRoss > ICQ: 2269442 > Skype: brandonross Yahoo: BrandonNRoss
I really doubt this will be the case in IPv6. The few service providers that try this will rapidly find their customers moving to service providers that do not. I know that Comcast is not planning to do this to their customers. I can't imagine too many ISPs that might even attempt to get away with treating their customers worse than Comcast does. Owen
