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Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

  • From: Petri Helenius
  • Date: Tue Oct 28 15:43:19 2003 
Kuhtz, Christian wrote:
I'm not saying IPv6 is dead, but I think a leap, rather than an incremental
improvement may be needed. Unless somebody actually does come up with an
IPv6 killer app...

Most Internet traffic is p2p traffic. IPv6 (by virtue of eliminating most perceived needs for NAT devices)
increases the efficiency of p2p traffic. So implementing IPv6 will improve the efficiency of the Internet.

No need for a new killer app, the old one will suffice.

Pete