On 4/8/13 9:41 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: > On Apr 7, 2013, at 23:27 , Tore Anderson <t...@fud.no> wrote: > >> > * Owen DeLong >> > >>> >> The need for CGN is not divorced from the failure to deploy IPv6, it >>> >> is caused by it. >> > >> > In a historical context, this is true enough. If we had accomplished >> > ubiquitous IPv6 deployment ten years ago, there would be no IPv4 >> > depletion, and there would be no CGN. However, that ship has sailed long >> > ago. You're using present tense where you should have used past. >> > > Respectfully, I disagree. If the major content providers were to deploy > IPv6 within the next 6 months (pretty achievable even now), then the > need for CGN would at least be very much reduced, if not virtually > eliminated. >
I though that they have done it last year around June 8th. ;-) In fact, the need for CGN has been reduced if you count that 30-40% of your traffic would go to those places. Although CGN is going to be a necessary evil, deploying CGN without IPv6 would be a mistake IMHO. /as