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[email protected] wrote: > | The bottom-line appears that everyone is waiting for everyone else to > | twitch first, then the shoot-out starts. However, no one is all that > | interested in twitching. > > Also, nobody is willing to get shot! > > The deployment of IPv6 is going to be EXPENSIVE in terms of real opex > and probably real capex as well, it IS going to be visible on the bottom > line of every ISP on the planet, eroding whatever margins one has. > > I can't see the deployment of IPv6 *ever* leading to any but the > shortest-term revenue upside (if even that), therefore until the > entire aggregate gross revenue of transit-providing ISPs up and > down the entire food-chain is threatened, nobody will be deploying v6. > > The only alternative scenario I can think of is the deployment > of IPv6 by a large provider who believes it can trigger a huge > consolidation by pushing smaller ISPs it is competing with into an > expensive deployment through sheer hype. > > <snip> > > Sean. What about wireless IP? Isn't everyone supposed to be forced to adopt IPv6 once billions of mobile units start using it ? http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2590226,00.html Regards Marshall Eubanks T.M. Eubanks Multicast Technologies, Inc. 10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 410 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone : 703-293-9624 Fax : 703-293-9609 e-mail : [email protected] http://www.on-the-i.com http://www.buzzwaves.com
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