[AfrIPv6-Discuss] IPv6 adoption per country

[Mukom Akong T.]

On 23 January 2016 at 09:42, SM <sm at resistor.net> wrote:

>  I had to explain to a government official that the internet is not
> Facebook.




And therein lies the problem: the ability to understand the strategic
importance of IPv6 AND put it in the larger context of the IT strategic
plan.  Most governments and business so far do terribly on this.


Case in point: An ISP in one country had a CTO who understood IPv6 so he
got it enabled on the network core. The ISP did a HUGE IPv6 Launch
ceremony. 2 months later, that same ISP rolled out their LTE network  ...
without IPv6 (the CPE isn't even capable of IPv6). Said ISP has recently
launched another broadband product ...again without support for IPv6. Oh
and said ISP came back to me last year asking about how to get IPv6 Forum
logos to put on their website that they are IPv6-enabled ..... and even
their website does not support IPv6!


I have a theory about that and of course a proposed approach (
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20151018_why_ipv6_deployment_is_slow_in_africa_what_to_do_about_it/
)


Bottom line, I'm convinced deploying IPv6 is primarily a business (resource
allocation) problem rather than a technical one. Even basic things like
"What does mean to have "Deployed IPv6?" - here are the levels

- a) we have a block from AFRINIC, we announce it in BGP (and then null0 it
at the edge)
- b) we have a block from AFRINIC, we've deployed it on part of our user
network and they can get to sites online over IPv6
- c) we have a block from AFRINIC, our website is dual-stacked


the deeper you go, the more complex it becomes and the more crucial
managerial/executive support is.


Similarly, we've seen governments announce IPv6 task forces and beyond
putting up a website and maybe a 'Position Paper'  - there's been no real
strategy. Again a lack of understanding of the core issues.




-- 

Mukom Akong T.

LinkedIn:Mukom <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukom>  |  twitter:
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