On Mar 22, 2014, at 10:10 PM, John Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote: >>> It will be a long time >>> before the price of v4 rises high enough to make it >>> worth the risk of going v6 only. >> >> New ISP's are born everyday. >> >> Some of them will be able to have a "Buy an ISP that has >> IPv4" or "Buy IPv4 space from known brokers" line item in >> their budget as part of their launch plans. >> >> Most won't. > > In Africa, I suppose, but here in North America, the few remaining > ISPs that aren't part of giant cable or phone companies are hanging on > by their teeth. > > Also, although it is fashionable to say how awful CGN is, the users > don't seem to mind it at all. > > R's, > John >
That depends on the level of service the users are already accustomed to. The generally piss-poor average level of service in the US may not be as noticeably impacted by CGN as better services. It also depends on the class of user. I know that I would pretty much be unable to continue subscribing to any provider that stuck me behind a CGN. It would be interesting to get visibility into the opt-out rate for Verizon’s “Address Sharing” announcement. Owen
