----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Bonser" <gbon...@seven.com> > To: "Franck Martin" <fra...@genius.com>, "Fred Baker" <f...@cisco.com> > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Sent: Saturday, 12 February, 2011 10:31:42 AM > Subject: RE: IPv6 is on the marketers radar > > > They missed an important point. > > > > > > > Who Will Be Impacted: For more consumers, there will be > > > > negligible > > > > impact. "The ISPs will be handling much of this,” said Leo > > > > Vegoda, > > a > > > > researcher with ICANN. (via TechNewsWorld). Some technology > > > > users > > > > may experience some glitches, such as people using VPN software > > > > to > > > > connect with their offices or users of point-to-point software > > > > such > > > > as Skype, he adds. > > > > > > Anyone that uses a residential router (Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, > > > etc) > > > is likely to need to upgrade that, most likely by buying a new > > > one. > > > > Speaking of which: > > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-cisco- > > linksys-ipv6.html > > > > ;) > > Key quote in that article from Cisco explains why they are still > behind. > > "IPv6 is foundational to the next-generation Internet, enabling a > range of new services and improved user experiences." > > Apparently they see IPv6 as some "next-generation Internet" thing. It > isn't. It is imperative in keeping THIS generation of internet > running. This has nothing to do with any new services or improving > anyone's experience. This is about maintaining existing services and > even being able to have an experience at all. It is going to become > increasingly difficult to maintain ubiquitous v4 service. In fact, v6 > is going to degrade some people's experience slightly because the > larger protocol overhead means less payload for a given size packet > meaning it will take more packets to transfer a given amount of data. > > Apparently some people in this world believe that IPv6 somehow creates > a "different" internet. It doesn't. It simply adds more house numbers > to the existing streets.
Thanks to ITU for bringing the Next Generation Network (NGN), which was in fact IPv6+License but then got everyone confused, side tracked, etc...
