IP4 Space

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Wed Mar 24 03:37:27 UTC 2010


On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mark Newton <newton at internode.com.au> wrote:
> Only until v4 becomes more expensive (using whatever metric matters to
> you) than v6.
>
> After you pass that tipping point, v4 deployment will stop dead.

Mark,

You offer an accurate but incomplete assessment. IPv4 allocation's
upcoming transition to a zero-sum game might not push it above the
"cost" of IPv6. The economics in play haven't ruled out the
possibility. Should that occur, IPv6 will tend to fade to the
background during the following table-size driven router upgrade
cycle.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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