[AusNOG] IPv4 Exhaustion date changed to December.

[Mark Andrews]

In message <5747ef96cc4a2252452de24ce181d94b.squirrel at webmail.paussa.net>, "Jam
es Paussa" writes:
> > Hogwash.  NAT vs encapsulation is about equal cost in the CPE device.
> > You only have to size/distribute the tunnel endpoints on the ISP's
> > side.  The extra 20 bytes per packet is nothing.
> Say someone like HE which is pretty popular their closest POP is Hong Kong
> last time I checked, that is a pretty big jump. If you are talking about
> ISPs offering tunnel connectivity that is just a step off offering native
> which is all the same fight in having them adopt IPv6 in the first place
> in my opinion.

There are tunnel brokers in Australia if you need to connect up
without going off continent or you can just setup tunnels to those
you peer without going through a tunnel broker.  HE just does a
good job of promoting IPv6 and yes I've had a tunnel to them for
7+ years now.

And as for delivering IPv6 to the home, you locate tunnel end points
topologically close to your customers within your own network.  You
then control the entire path.

> > And can you say that you are ready to turn IPv6 on now?
> It already is. :)
> I get my home tail off iiNet however and AFAIK they don't offer IPv6.
> 
> > It isn't IPv4 or IPv6.  It's add IPv6 to the existing network.  You want
> > to charge for the single IPv4 address most home users get.  There is no
> > wastage.
> I was looking at more of a business not residential point of view. Most
> businesses may have a /28 or so assigned, the cost of those IP addresses
> in the future may drive the move to IPv6 as a cost saving for them. In the
> future I would say a lot of home users will be NATted before IPv6 is fully
> adopted.
> 
> Regards,
> James.
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