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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Five bucks gets you a home network
Or you could just get your IPv6 /64 prefix (18 trillion trillion trillion addresses) for free using any one of the free IPv6 tunnel brokers. Hurricane runs a free IPv6 tunnel broker at http://tunnelbroker.com It would be a bizzare twist of fate that if by quashing regular NAT the cable companies sped up IPv6 adoption. Mike. On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Joseph T. Klein wrote: > > The toaster (which is running NetBSD) and the refrigerator are networked > using the IPv6 mantra. So if DSL and Cable companies find that they can > sell IPv6 to kitchen appliences at $5 per houshold, you think this > could lead to deployment? > > So my new IPv6 cell phone can get an SMS from my refrigerator if the milk > is going bad. > > Now $5 if it also does fire and burgler alarm functions, it is cheaper than > a phone line. > > If I get $5 dollars from a million users ... hmmmm. > > Don't forget gamers and peer to peer networking. > > On Thursday, 31 January 2002 08:29 -0800 Jim Shankland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Andy Walden <[email protected]> writes: > > > >> ... reading through Commcast's AUP doesn't reveal this policy > >> either. I think it was largely trollbait. > > > > Could be. But AT&T Broadband out here just resent its terms of service > > with the monthly bill, and stated that it's strictly prohibited to > > attach more than one device to the cable service. They reminded > > their customers that a second IP address is available for an extra > > $5/month. > > > > I suppose one could get lawyerly and argue that you *are* attaching > > a single device -- the NAT box -- to their network; other devices > > are merely attached to the NAT box. But I don't think that was their > > intent. > > > > Whether this pricing model is enforceable aside, it is also in direct > > conflict with the projection that some day soon, the refrigerator, the > > hot tub, the stove, the stereo, the room thermostat, the garage door > > opener, etc. will all be IP-addressable. I'll be damned if I'll spend > > an extra $5/month for my refrigerator to surf the web, and I'll bet I'm > > not alone :-). > > > > Jim Shankland > -- > Joseph T. Klein > [email protected] > +------------------- H U R R I C A N E - E L E C T R I C -------------------+ | Mike Leber Direct Internet Connections Voice 510 580 4100 | | Hurricane Electric Web Hosting Colocation Fax 510 580 4151 | | [email protected] http://www.he.net | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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