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Dear Sabri; On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:34:19 +0200 Sabri Berisha <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:17:51AM -0400, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > Dear Marshall, > > > > Just wait for a popular adult-content-provider offering website-access > > > for free via IPv6.. > > > > Why ? Are you implying that there is unlimited free IPv6 bandwidth ? > > Nope. > > > If not, why would they do that ? > > Imagine the following scenario: > > "It's 2009, the world reaches the end of it's ipv4 supply. As large > global networks are still struggling to implement ipv6 on their > equipment, their customers are facing more and more problems to get > additional IP-space from their RIR's and are forced to use ipv6. But > due to the lack of planning, only a number of access-isp's have > successfully deployed ipv6 on their networks and so we have shattered > native ipv6 connectivity throughout the internet. To encourage the > access- and carrierindustry, (adult)contentproviders in all continents > decide to boost the demand for ipv6 connectivity and offer their > services for free to ipv6 users, for a limited period of time." > Try as I may, I cannot imagine depending on the charity of porn content providers :) What I can imagine is the porn providers paying whatever is necessary for IPv4 address blocks. I would not want to get in a bidding war with them. > Why did the internet grow so fast in the 90's? The public was able to > access the network and created the demand for more content. This content > attracted more and more eyeballs, and thus more commercial activities > were deployed, resulting in a exponential growth of the network. > > Without eyeballs, contentproviders are not encouraged to deploy ipv6. > Without content, eyeballproviders are not encouraged to deploy ipv6. > It's a matter of time before one of them will be forced to end this > circle and there is only one way to attract a large audience: giving a > way your service for (nearly) free. > This sounds just like arguments heard in multicast discussions. I do give my content away for free, and AmericaFree.tv currently realizes about 10% of its (streaming) revenue from multicast (and presumably also realizes a similar percentage reduction in bandwidth costs from the same). If I thought that AFTV could increase revenues by another 10% by putting out IPv6 reflections of existing content, it would. If I thought that it could make money by putting out dedicated IPv6 content, it would do that too. I don't see any reason to expect either at present. I would be glad to be convinced otherwise. > -- > Sabri Regards Marshall > > please do not throw salami pizza away
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