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|    Michiel van der Vlist to Richard Menedetter    |
|    Be prepaired ;-)    |
|    12 Jun 20 00:03:29    |
      TID: FMail-W32 2.1.3.7-B20170919       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0200       CHRS: CP850 2       MSGID: 2:280/5555 5ee2ac48       REPLY: 2:310/31 5ee23e95       Hello Ricsi,              On Thursday June 11 2020 16:04, you wrote to Terry Roati:               MVDV>>> IPv6 adaption is going tantalizingly slow.               TR>> I beleive it is due to hardware upgrade delays, ISP's like making        TR>> money no spending it until they have to.               RM> Nope ... the hardware in the field supports it for years. (at least        RM> all the IP equipment and the vast majority of the CPEs) It is the cost        RM> of the configuration. It is more complex to support dual stack, and        RM> the average customer is not willing to pay an extra. So there is no        RM> business case. Why should they spend money on configuring something        RM> that the vast majority of their customer base does not care about.              I think is is not the available equipment, but it is also not the ISPs any       more. The ISPs /are/ finally moving. Now it is the companies that are the       laggerds. Here is another contribution from Iljitch:              http://www.iljitsch.com/2020/05-25-ipv6-covid19-christmas-everyday.html              What we see is that more people have IPv6 at home than they have at work...                     Cheers, Michiel              --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303        * Origin: he.net certified sage (2:280/5555)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 19/10 90/1 120/340 601 123/131 203/0 221/0 6 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/424 426 664 1014 240/5138 5832 5853 249/206 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 250/1 280/464 5003 5006 5555 310/31 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 460/58 633/280 640/1384 712/848 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 2454/119 5019/40 5020/545 1042 12000 5053/58 5075/35       PATH: 280/5555 240/5832 229/426           |
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