[AfriNIC-rpd] IPV6 Adoption

[Badru Ntege]

Mark 

Thanks for the link very informative.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpd-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:rpd-bounces at afrinic.net] On
> Behalf Of Mark Elkins
> Sent: 27 March 2008 10:36
> To: AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] IPV6 Adoption
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 09:46 +0300, Badru Ntege wrote:
> > Members
> >
> > On a secondary note I'm curious on how many operational IPv6 networks
> we
> > have on the continent.  When you look around the continent there are
> a
> > number of government and Private backed broadband projects which will
> spur
> > demand for existing V4 allocations.  However if as planned the
> > infrastructure growth stimulates the expected economic activity we
> will see
> > demand for Ip resources escalate in the short time we might be able
> to have
> > the resources in the region but the question is how long and thus for
> future
> > sustainability are we ready for V6 transition ?
> >
> > On this I would like to pose a few questions again
> 
> Perhaps first look at..
> http://www.sixxs.net/tools/grh/dfp/all/?continent=africa
> 
> >
> > 1) Are you currently running IPv6 in either test or production mode
> 
> Production
> 
> > 2) Are you aware of any Network operators on the continent with
> either
> > published or internal V6 plans
> 
> See the link above
> 
> > 3) Are you aware of any government supported initiatives around the
> V6
> > adoption
> 
> nope
> 
> > 4) If you are not doing anything now is the reason due to lack of
> awareness
> > or is it a deliberate action to sit and wait
> >
> > 5) Any suggestions on what we should be doing as a community ??
> >
> > If anyone can add to or modify the questions above please do so
> 
> I'm not sure that AfriNIC's reply to why /48's are not properly
> propagated is quite enough - See:
> http://www.afrinic.net/news/PI_Reachability_report.htm
> 
> The Report is OK in itself - but what about trying to 'fix' the
> problem.

I'm sure the right people will respond to this.