[AusNOG] IPv6

[Anthony Bortolotto]

ISPs are hesitant because either they don't understand themselves or don't want to have educate their customers. It’s the humans, not the tech that is the issue.

-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Mark Delany
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2015 9:20 AM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] IPv6

On 01Apr15, Mark Andrews allegedly wrote:
> 
> In message <CAOu9xNJbkKhU3DbTjmX1LG5hcpx+uS-6XxOjajd3rS=wHEurFg at mail.gmail.com>, Robert Hudson writes:
> >
> > Right now, it seems that some ISPs/carriers are deciding to invest 
> > in NAT/PAT (or CGN, if that's really a thing) rather than IPv6.  Why?

> No, its been selected because ISPs as a whole have procastinated about 
> delivering IPv6

Not sure it's an either/or situation. Even if you deploy IPv6 everywhere you still have to offer IPv4 reachability for your customers.

Hopefully what Robert is observing is not an alternative to IPv6, rather it's a means of giving customers access to those recalcitrant IPv4-only destinations.

On the bright side, the more IPv6 you deploy the less traffic will need to pass through your CGN. IOWs, deploying IPV6 could actually save you some coin!


Mark.