<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 18, 2021, at 8:38 AM, Steve Saner <<a href="mailto:ssaner@ideatek.com" class="">ssaner@ideatek.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">We are starting to look at CGNAT solutions. The primary motivation at the moment is to extend current IPv4 resources, but IPv6 migration is also a factor.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>IPv6 Migration is generally not aided by CGNAT.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>In general, the economics today still work out to make purchasing or leasing addresses more favorable than CGNAT.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>It’s a bit dated by now, but still very relevant, see Lee Howard’s excellent research presented at the 2012 Rocky</div><div>mountain v6 task force meeting:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.rmv6tf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TCO-of-CGN1.pdf" class="">https://www.rmv6tf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TCO-of-CGN1.pdf</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">We've been in touch with A10. Just wondering if there are some alternative vendors that anyone would recommend. We'd probably be looking at a solution to support 5k to 15k customers and bandwidth up to around 30-40 gig as a starting point. A solution that is as transparent to user experience as possible is a priority.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><font color="#888888" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,125,194)" class="">Steve Saner<br class=""></span></div><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,125,194)" class="">idea</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,185,236)" class="">tek </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,185,236)" class="">HUMAN AT OUR VERY FIBER</span><div class=""><p style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(157,178,190)" class="">This
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