IPv6 and CDN's

Tom Hill tom at ninjabadger.net
Tue Oct 26 20:42:43 UTC 2021


On 22/10/2021 17:08, tim at pelican.org wrote:
> I don't think it'll ever make money, but I think it will reduce
> costs.  CGNAT boxes cost money, operating them costs money, dealing
> with the support fallout from them costs money.  Especially in the
> residential space, where essentially if the customer calls you, ever,
> you just blew years' worth of margin.

There aren't enough folk thinking along these lines, so thank you for
writing it.

Every flow you can route exclusively with 6, is one flow you aren't
having to pay extra for so it can sit in a CGNAT state table.

... And that's before they call you, as Tim also rightly points out.

-- 
Tom


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