In message <222bac2d-800b-93c7-7d17-bd469e858...@gmail.com>, Davide Davini writ es: > On 01/07/2016 21:52, Mike Jones wrote: > > I am in contact with a couple of network operators trying to prod them > > to deploy IPv6, I figured that 10 minutes to send a couple of emails > > was worth the effort to make them "see a customer demand" (now none of > > them can use the excuse that nobody has asked for it!), but the > > replies I got were less than impressive to say the least. > > > > I was wondering if you guys could summarise your experiences with > > people who make excuses for not deploying IPv6? I regularly see a > > specific person saying "we can't deploy it because X" followed by you > > guys "correcting them" and telling them how to deploy it without the > > problems they claim they will have, but that is only a small snapshot > > of the people who bother to post about their ignorance in public. I > > suspect there is also a lot of selection-bias in the NANOG membership > > base but you deal with a lot of enterprise networks off of this list > > so probably have broader experience than the NANOG archives. > > > > Can we have a thread summarising the most common excuses you've heard, > > and if they are actual problems blocking IPv6 deployment or just down > > to ignorance? Perhaps this could be the basis for an FAQ type page > > that I can point people to when they say they don't know how to deploy > > IPv6 on their networks? :) > > Our provider sale representative, who is the most tech savvy sale-rep I > ever encountered by far, which is not a very high bar, but still, said > something like: > "You shouldn't worry about that, we have plenty of IPv4 addresses > left... and besides we are "working on it(TM)"... it's going to be > deployed next year... probably " > > Needless to say I'm still waiting. :) > > Ciao, > Davide Davini
The default comeback to that is: Are you going to give the addresses to the people I need to talk to that don't have a unshared IPv4 addresses but do have IPv6 addressess? I thought not, so get off you a#$e and deliver IPv6 today. You are already way too late delivering IPv6. It's not like you didn't already have a decade to plan how to deliver it. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
