korym
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|  IPv6 for WISP use?
Howdy all. A business colleague of mine contacted me today regarding a Winchester, VA-based WISP/ISP that's promoting IPv6 for a local town. Unfortunately, this WISP doesn't have very good reviews on the WISP Users Chat forum here.
I haven't done a lot of research, yet, on IPv6 so I'm curious to hear anyone's input. Here's some background info:
»www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/···6_1.html
»i-newswire.com/pr53352.html
Looks like this has been going on for over a year now and I don't believe anything has come to fruition as of yet.
All in all, should I be concerned about this endeavor for competing with the muni project I'm working on? Sounds like a lot of pricey equipment on his end and possible promises that might not yet deliver?
Curious!
Regards,
Kory
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cmaenginsb
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| reply to korym
Most equipment now has support for IP V6 so it's really a non-issue on that side. The big thing is whether IPV6 will ever be deployed widely as the main push for its deployment was a scarcity of IP addresses, by implementing policy and the widespread use of NAT we have yet to come near that scarcity.
They could use IPV6 as a marketing tool to the ignorant so yes, you should be able to answer questions about why you aren't using it.
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geebee
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IPV6 probably won't be needed until our toasters and fridges have IP addresses. Changing from Subnet Classes to the Classless Routing (CIDR) helped save a ton of addresses, along with the aforemented policy changes and rise of NAT. |
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Diddy1
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Sidney, NE
2 edits | said by geebee :
Changing from Subnet Classes to the Classless Routing (CIDR) helped save a ton of addresses, along with the aforemented policy changes and rise of NAT.
This is common knowledge and is correct.
However, IPv6 will be wide-spread prior to some estimates of 2020 simply due to "marketing hype" etc. Let's not forget that's what primarily drives the digital industry. Need is secondary and that is only what sparks the "new" innovations to be developed/created, the rest is marketing and $$. Per Korys' statement, it's already being used as a marketing tool, although in a different context than what I mentioned. In respect to Koryms' concerns, it is just another marketing tool that the provider is marketing on
Aaron |
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cmaenginsb
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Aaron, while you are correct about marketing, the huge cost in an IPV6 migration means that it might never take place now.
I can remember when IPV6 was "right around the corner" and everyone needed to be prepared for it. That was around the 1st time I posted on this forum in 2000. They were predicting that the "migration" would be completed around 2010.
It keeps slipping and less and less press is written about it.
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