[AusNOG] [v6z] Why you shouldn't worry about switching to IPv6 now

[Scott Howard]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:09 AM, Tom Storey <tom at snnap.net> wrote:

> Is it just me or does anyone else find this article disturbing?
>
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> http://www.techworld.com.au/article/383241/why_shouldn_t_worry_about_switching_ipv6_now/
>

But is it wrong?

Should my parents be thinking about upgrading to IPv6?  Or should they just
carry on paying their ISP $40 a month so that they can get email and Google?

Should I be worrying if my Blackberry supports IPv6?  Or should I just keep
paying my telco for my data plan and accessing my email on it as I always
have?

Should I be worried that my web host doesn't support IPv6? Will there be
people who won't be able to access it in the near future if I don't have
IPv6 on it?

I really see this playing out a lot like when Australia changed from
"standard" petrol to unleaded petrol.  The change didn't occur with the
consumer - you didn't suddenly have to go out and buy a new car, just
because a new type of fuel was being introduced. Instead we replied on the
petrol stations to give us full compatibility - you could pull into any
petrol station with any type of car, and know that it would "work"
regardless.

Like it or not, that's how IPv6 is going to have to happen. Customers aren't
going to be upgrading in the next few months, and possibly not even within
the next few years - it's going to be up to the ISPs to handle the issues
and let the consumers carry on as they are today.

Ask yourself which you find more disturbing - this article, or the that I
can count the number of ISPs in Australia that are even close to being IPv6
ready on one hand.

  Scott.
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