cost of dual-stack vs cost of v6-only [Re: IPv6 on SOHO routers?]

Thu Mar 13 18:58:40 UTC 2008

Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2008-03-13, David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org> wrote:
>>                                                               What is  
>> _really_ missing is content accessible over IPv6 as it results in the  
>> chicken-or-egg problem: without content, few customers will request  
>> IPv6.
> 
> There are already things like http://ipv6.google.com/, though
> content which is _only_ available over IPv6 is probably more likely
> to stimulate demand.
> 
> 

But there's no $$ benefit for being either the chicken or the egg.

The carriers (many still with oversized debt loads) don't see any 
advantage for deployment in a general sense. But they'll likely have an 
easier time than access providers.

it's a 'no thanks, but I need more address space' for many of the access 
providers, given the orders of magnitude of ports, customers, customer 
care, billing systems and so on that may have to be updated to handle 
yet another layer in their networks.

And content providers without an audience are just toying around. Maybe 
they'll have the easiest time. hard to say.

It's almost like the volunteer line, where everyone else in line has to 
step back so that someone gets stuck being first doing the dirty work.

Same for the end user. They don't care how a microwave oven works, they 
simply toss in a bag, press the popcorn button and expect results.

regards,
andy