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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/Oct/16 13:31, Andrew Alston
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this map, you will see there are only two countries in
Africa that have in excess of half a percent v6 penetration
levels. One is Sudan, and one in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe
currently runs at 4.76% penetration and climbing – beyond
that the rest of Africa has effectively no real
penetration. Now, compare that to the rest of the world
where v4 is depleted, and you see a vastly different
picture. The global average deployment rate is sitting at
12% and climbing, whereas all it took to *<b>double</b>* the
aggregate penetration rate in Africa was the v6 enabling of
10 or 15 thousand FTTH users in Zimbabwe. This speaks
volumes, we have v4, and its slowing us down in getting v6
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Given that consumers don't generally get a say in when IPv6 can be
enabled, that helps a lot. Much of Europe, North America and
Asia-Pac have sufficient broadband into people's homes that makes
all the difference.<br>
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A number of major mobile operators in that part of the world have
also turned on IPv6.<br>
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The majority of Internet access in Africa happens in the mobile
space today. If we want to see the needle shift even a hair's width,
mobile operators in Africa need to enable IPv6. As of today, I have
neither seen nor heard of any plans from any major or small mobile
network operator in Africa re: turning on IPv6, never mind have a
strategy or plan.<br>
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If wire-line and non-GSM wireless service providers in Africa were
to enable IPv6 for their broadband customers, there would be an
improvement in the outlook (by your own experience in Zimbabwe), but
not as much as if the mobile operators came to the party. It is
absurd that there is no interest from this group, considering that
the thinking is that it is cheaper to spend millions of $$ to
sustain NAT444444444 than it is to roll out IPv6.<br>
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Mark.<br>
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