IPv6 woes - RFC

Etienne-Victor Depasquale edepa at ieee.org
Wed Sep 8 07:35:55 UTC 2021


>
> I'm not sure if there needs to be a separate "cabal" amongst the major
> network operators that cover every corner of the world to agree to this,
> as I expect more talking here on NANOG than action around this issue.
> But I'd be happy to join and support such a cabal, with the backing of
> my own management toward making this commitment, at least from an
> African standpoint.
>

If the Telecom Infra Project <https://telecominfraproject.com/participants/>
is a good indicator
of what operators can achieve by uniting,
then you're on a good trajectory.

Cheers,

Etienne

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 9:25 AM Mark Tinka <mark at tinka.africa> wrote:

>
>
> On 9/8/21 08:50, Saku Ytti wrote:
>
> > Fully agreed, I just don't see the driver. But I can imagine a
> > different timeline where in 2000 several tier1 signed mutual binding
> > contracts to drop IPv4 at the edge in 2020. And no one opposed,
> > because 20 years before was 1980, and 20 years in the future IPv4
> > wont' anymore be a thing, it's clear due to exponential growth.
> >
> > And we'd all be enjoying a much simplified stack and lower costs all
> > around (vendor, us, customers).
> >
> > Why is this not possible now? Why would we not sign this mutual
> > agreement for 2040? Otherwise we'll be having this same discussion in
> > 2040.
>
> I do not see why this is not possible now.
>
> In fact, I'd go as far as saying that the proposal should be shortened
> from 20 years to 10 years from today. 10 years is not unreasonable.
>
> I'm not sure if there needs to be a separate "cabal" amongst the major
> network operators that cover every corner of the world to agree to this,
> as I expect more talking here on NANOG than action around this issue.
> But I'd be happy to join and support such a cabal, with the backing of
> my own management toward making this commitment, at least from an
> African standpoint.
>
> I know at least 3 or 4 other operators in Africa that would be willing
> to commit to the same, either directly or by proxy with us.
>
> Do we drive this through the IETF, or just have private, multi-lateral
> agreements, as major operators?
>
> I'm now just thinking of how we get this idea off the ground, and stop
> talking too much.
>
> Mark.
>


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Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Communications & Computer Engineering
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
University of Malta
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