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RE: Readiness for IPV6

  • From: Alif The Terrible
  • Date: Mon Jul 08 21:01:03 2002

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Phil Rosenthal wrote:

> Yes, I don't think we need it 'right now'. My concern is that at this
> point many companies are still buying routers that as of today have no
> support for IPv6.  Given that a BigIron/65xx is mostly hardware
> forwarding, I speculate that they wont be able to support IPv6 with a
> trivial software upgrade (at least not at the same performance level).
> So, is someone buying such equipment today 'wasting money' since it will
> be completely obsolete with the onset of mass IPv6 roll-out likely in
> 2004 or 2005?

*If* 2004/2005 is a realistic expectation for a full rollout, then
*maybe*.  The question becomes, is this realistic?  I just don't think so.  

Judging IP6's current status strictly in light of how far along the large to
mid sized providers are, I'd be surprised if a full scale rollout was closer
than five years out (which puts us at ~2007).  Based on this, and Moore's
Law, the BigIron you bought today will be a BigScrapHeap by then anyway.
 
> --Phil
> 
> 

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
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If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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