[AfrIPv6-Discuss] IPv6 adoption per country

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

Just to make matters simpler, the 2015 IGF had a "Best Practice Forum
Creating an Enabling Environment for IPv6 Adoption" that released a
very thorough document on the same. Find the link here
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/best-practice-forums/2015-bpf-outs

The document was produced through a collaborative effort like what we
are trying here.
As we develop our own lessons learned, it would be great if we don't
re-invent the wheel.

Regards

On 15/01/2016, Latif LADID [*The New Internet based on IPv6"]
<latif at ladid.lu> wrote:
> I’ll join.
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> From: Stephen Honlue [mailto:stephen.honlue at afrinic.net]
> Sent: Freitag, 15. Januar 2016 19:07
> To: IPv6 in Africa Discussions <afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net>
> Subject: Re: [AfrIPv6-Discuss] IPv6 adoption per country
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> Thanks to you all for your valuable inputs.
> @Latif, I suggest we create a Google doc so that we can contribute openly
> then the example of those who deployed it already will be stated in that doc
> and their experiences share if they agreed.
> If you are all ok then share here your Google accounts so that you ca be
> invited to contribute.
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> Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone
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> ---- Latif LADID [*The New Internet based on IPv6"] wrote ----
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> This is a very crucial discussion and never late to have.
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> It would be good to write a couple of best practice deployment real African
> cases to show how other have done it. A couple of very good wasted examples
> that come to mind:
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> -          The Free university of South Africa is the ultimate and fantastic
> showcase deployed by Andrew Alston
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> -          The cross country ISP where Andrew works
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> The Afrinic board members should take the initiative to collect these
> showcases that are done by fellow African experts Africa.
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> I will provide you then with EU and Asian examples. Deal :)
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> Cheers
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> Latif
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> From: Mwendwa Kivuva [mailto:Kivuva at transworldafrica.com]
> Sent: Freitag, 15. Januar 2016 17:06
> To: IPv6 in Africa <afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net
> <mailto:afripv6-discuss at afrinic.net> >
> Subject: Re: [AfrIPv6-Discuss] IPv6 adoption per country
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>> 1. NAT and his twin PAT
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> How does NAT hinder v6 growth? I thought NAT has hindered exhaustion of v4,
> but not uptake of v6.
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>> 2. Legacy Telecom equipment run software which doesnt support  IPv6 and/or
>> its costly to upgrade
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> This is a very rare occurrence,  but it's true. While upgrading the vast
> University of Nairobi network to v6, I encountered about 8 routers out of
> about 50 that were not v6 ready and the IOS could not be upgraded. There
> were so many software instances that needed updating but that was not an
> emergency since we were dual stacking
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>> 3. No business case after all 1. above is working so well and money has
>> not stopped flowing in.
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> Very true.
> ICT admins and CIOs have let us down. There was a good campaign by AFRINIC
> on IPv6 for managers. Is there any monitoring and evaluation from AFRINIC to
> enable the community know how effective the training was? For
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>> 4. Some just dont have the budget for revamp after all the old kit is
>> still kicking as long as no one touches it.
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> You will be surprised, transition is very cheap. If you have the manpower,
> you are ready to roll.
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>> 5. Those with the most recent code are just plain lazy that when they
>> deploy IPv4 , they don't remember to also do the same for IPv6.
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> This are post implementation challenges. And they are good because we need
> to take one thing at a time.
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>> 6. The end users careless about the network and care more about the
>> services they consume. No pressure from them at all towards the ISP.
>> Afterall, WhatsApp, Facebook, Netflix is all working fine....
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> If I was an end user, honestly I would also not care. End user is only
> concerned when it's broken.
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>> Noah
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