North America not interested in IP V6

Fri Aug 1 11:47:46 UTC 2003

Ben Buxton wrote:
> In europe, when any consumer gets a net connection it's sold as
> a pipe to do anything you want with (as long as it abides by laws
> and netiquette.
> 
> It seems that this silly restrictive mentality will remain even with
> ipv6...
> 

In the US, the pipe is limited in any number of ways in attempts to 
limit how many people share their broadband with their neighbor at a 
reduced rate.

Another issue is that handing out IP addresses to the home at this point 
is foolish. User's, in general, can't protect themselves.

-Jack