On 2018-06-04 09:07, Victor Sudakov : All wrote:   
   > Dear All,   
   >   
   > What's the profit for he.net to operate the tunnel broker? Is this a   
   > charity?   
   >   
   > I'm grateful to them for this opportunity and for the /48, but don't   
   > quite understand their motives.   
      
   I think SIXXS and HE both did it to promote IPv6, which helps people in   
   general, and probably HE in the long run.   
      
   At some point (which should have been 10-20 years ago) we should have   
   moved over to IPv6 by default, but the general in-availability of   
   customers and demand made ISPs drag their feet, and this in turn delayed   
   it even further.   
      
   In order to break such a vicious circle, someone has to act outside of   
   shortsighted gain, and HE did, which is nice.   
      
   As a side effect, they probably get to test IPv6 deployment code and   
   strategies, they get a real-world place to test v6 compliance of   
   hardware to be deployed elsewhere in their net and their operators get   
   to practice on large-scale deployments where the customers aren't paying   
   so they can make invasive changes if need be.   
      
   It will be hard to estimate the amount of network savvy people today   
   that associate HE with IPv6. Good for getting future customers or for   
   recruitment purposes.   
      
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