misunderstanding scale (was: Ipv4 end, its fake.)

John Levine johnl at iecc.com
Sun Mar 23 05:10:37 UTC 2014


>> It will be a long time
>> before the price of v4 rises high enough to make it
>> worth the risk of going v6 only.
>
>New ISP's are born everyday.
>
>Some of them will be able to have a "Buy an ISP that has 
>IPv4" or "Buy IPv4 space from known brokers" line item in 
>their budget as part of their launch plans.
>
>Most won't.

In Africa, I suppose, but here in North America, the few remaining
ISPs that aren't part of giant cable or phone companies are hanging on
by their teeth.

Also, although it is fashionable to say how awful CGN is, the users
don't seem to mind it at all.

R's,
John





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